SEOUL — At least 28 folks died when a business airplane crashed Sunday at South Korea’s Muan International Airport, a spokesperson for the nation’s nationwide fireplace company mentioned.
The airplane, which was carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members, veered off a runway whereas touchdown and caught fireplace after the crash, the National Fire Agency spokesperson mentioned.
Two folks — one passenger and one crew member — have been rescued, the spokesperson mentioned.
The flight originated in Bangkok, the spokesperson mentioned.
The first stories of the crash had been made between 9:03 a.m. and 9:13 a.m. native time (7:03 p.m. and 9:13 p.m. ET), the spokesperson mentioned. Firefighters put out the preliminary blaze at 9:46 a.m. native time.
Eighty firefighters and 32 fireplace vans had been responding to the crash scene on the airport within the southern metropolis of Muan, the spokesperson mentioned.
South Korea’s appearing president, Choi Sang-mok, and different officers known as for quick and full mobilization efforts “to place out the hearth and rescue folks,” the Ministry of Interior and Safety in a press release.
The presidential workplace mentioned in a textual content briefing that an emergency assembly is being held over the airplane crash.
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