179 Killed in S. Korean Plane Crash l KBS WORLD

Anchor: A passenger jet carrying 181 individuals crashed on Sunday morning whereas touchdown at Muan Worldwide Airport in South Korea’s southwestern area. A complete of 179 are confirmed useless whereas solely two individuals had been rescued from the tail part of the airplane. 
Kim Bum-soo has extra. 

Report: A Jeju Air airplane carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members crash-landed at Muan Worldwide Airport in South Korea at round 9:03 a.m. Sunday and collided with a concrete wall after veering off the runway.

The influence brought on the plane to burst into flames.

A complete of 179 aboard flight 7C 2216 are confirmed useless whereas solely two flight attendants had been rescued from the separated tail part of the airplane.

Many victims had been thrown out of the damaged fuselage, based on rescue authorities. 

The officers stated the fuselage was largely destroyed and it’s tough to determine the useless.

Shortly earlier than the crash, birds bought caught within the airplane’s engine, based on officers who spoke with a rescued flight attendant.

In video footage that KBS obtained, the airplane’s touchdown gear additionally seems to have did not deploy because it approached the runway simply earlier than the crash-landing. 

Nevertheless, the precise reason for the accident has not but been decided. 

Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 departed from Bangkok carrying 173 South Korean passengers, two Thai passengers and 6 crew members.

Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae has issued an apology after the airplane crash. In a press release posted on the low-cost airline’s web site, Kim prolonged his deepest condolences to the victims and their households, saying he felt a profound sense of accountability for the crash, whatever the trigger. Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio Information.