A passenger plane crashed and burst into flames at a South Korean airport after its front landing gear reportedly failed to deploy, killing at least 62 people. The Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, skidded off the runway and slammed into a concrete fence before catching fire. Emergency workers are still searching the wreckage for survivors.
A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skid off a runway at a South Korea n airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy, killing at least 62 people, officials said, in one of the country's worst aviation disasters.
Footage of the crash aired by YTN television showed the Jeju Air plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its landing gear still closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall on the outskirts of the facility. The transport ministry said the incident happened at 9:03 a.m. local time.Emergency officials in Muan said they were examining the cause of the fire. They said the plane’s landing gear appeared to have malfunctioned.
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