- A aircraft with 181 folks on board crashed at a South Korean airport on Sunday.
- Pictures and movies confirmed the aircraft crossing the runway earlier than bursting into flames.
- Officers stated the loss of life toll was no less than 85, per AP.
A minimum of 85 folks had been killed in a aircraft crash at a South Korean airport on Sunday, the Related Press reported.
The jet, operated by Korean price range airline Jeju Air, was carrying 181 folks when it veered off the runway and hit an impediment whereas touchdown at Moan Worldwide Airport, the New York Occasions reported.
The flight, 7C2216, was arriving from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Worldwide Airport, The Occasions reported.
The Nationwide Fireplace Company stated the loss of life toll was no less than 85, AP Information reported. Two of the six crew members of the aircraft survived.
Spokesmen for Jeju Air and the Nationwide Fireplace Company couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
In a press release posted on-line, Jeju Air stated it “bowed its head” in apology and would tackle the accident.
A video broadcast by MBC Information, a South Korean information community, exhibits a aircraft rushing down a runway, with smoke billowing from its stomach, earlier than that he crashes into what seems to be an impediment and bursts into flames.
Flight monitoring web site Planespotters.web stated the aircraft was a Boeing 737-800. Ryanair, a price range Irish airline, operated the aircraft earlier than it was delivered to Jeju Air in 2017, the tracker says.
The flight tracker stated the aircraft landed “with out deploying its touchdown gear”.
A Boeing spokesman didn’t instantly return a request for remark.