The authorities raised the official number of cases to 176. deadafter this Sunday a commercial plane left the runway and crashed into a fence after landing at the international airport of Muan (southeast), although it is believed that three others people who were traveling on board would also have died.
The service of firefighters has put the confirmed deaths at 176, while three people remain missing and two have been rescued, both from the crew and that they were in the rear part of the ship, a Boeing 737-800.
He accident occurred around 9:03 (00:07 GMT), when the Flight 7C2216 Jeju Airwhich had departed hours before from Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok (Thailand), was trying to land at the airport in Muan and crashed into the fence after going off the track.
Passengers
The authorities have confirmed that a total of 181 were traveling in it. peopleincluding 6 members of the crew173 Korean passengers and 2 Thai passengers. It has been identified already at 22 of the victims.
- The tower of control of Muan issued an alert for collision aviary stops the plane at 8:57 local time (23:57 GMT on Saturday), while the captain of the aircrafta Boeing 737-800issued the “mayday” or distress signal a minute later, according to the South Korean Ministry of Transportation.
This marks the first official confirmation that the plane suffered a collision with a birdwhich could have prevented the deployment of the aircraft’s wheels.
Images taken with a phone by an individual and reproduced by the MBC network apparently show the impact of a bird with the right engine of the Boeing Jeju Air.
Rescue work
In total, the accident has so far involved the deployment of some 2,800 effective of the bodies of firefighterspolice, Armed Forces and Coast Guard.
He president The country’s acting leader, Choi Sang-mok, ordered that all possible efforts be made in the operations of rescue behind him accident and called a meeting emergency.
All the Flights national and international to and from the International Airport of Muan have been canceled at least until January 1 after the accident.
