The second a Jeju Air flight skidded off a runway earlier than crashing right into a concrete barrier and bursting into flames at an airport in South Korea was caught on digital camera.
The crash on Sunday killed 179 folks on board. Only two survived, a person and a girl who have been each crew members.
Footage aired by South Korean tv channels confirmed the airplane skidding — and apparently with out its touchdown gear deployed. The jet overran the runway and hit a barrier, triggering a fiery explosion. Footage confirmed thick plumes of smoke billowing from the airplane, which was engulfed in flames.
The airplane concerned was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 passenger jet. It was arriving from Bangkok when the crash occurred at 9:03 a.m. native time close to the city of Muan, which is about 180 miles south of Seoul.
PLANE VEERS OFF AIRPORT RUNWAY IN SOUTH KOREA AND CRASHES, KILLING 179: REPORTS
Firefighters and rescue group members work close to the wreckage of a passenger airplane at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Kyle Bailey, former a FAA security group consultant within the U.S., informed Fox News that it appeared to him that the plane was touring too quick because it skidded on the runway earlier than putting what he believed was a construction that housed instrument touchdown gear.
“I believe that’s just about what spelled catastrophe for that airplane,” he stated.
Rescue group carry the physique of a passenger on the web site of a airplane hearth at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Flight information and cockpit voice recorders of the airplane’s black field have been retrieved by staff. They will likely be examined by authorities consultants investigating the cause of the crash and fire, Senior Transport Ministry official Joo Jong-wan stated.
While it would probably take months to find out the reason for the crash, Lee Jeong-hyeon, chief of the Muan hearth station, stated staff have been wanting into varied prospects, together with whether or not the plane was struck by birds.
Firefighters and rescue group members work at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Cho Nam-soo/Yonhap through AP)
Transport Ministry officers stated the airport management tower had issued a fowl strike warning to the airplane shortly earlier than it meant to land and had given its pilot permission to land in a special space.
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The airplane was destroyed with the tail meeting being the one recognizable half among the many wreckage, the hearth chief informed a televised briefing.
Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Chris Pandolfo and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
