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A devastating plane crash over the weekend claimed the lives of 179 passengers and crew members. According to the country’s Transport Ministry, air traffic controllers had alerted the crew about a bird strike shortly before the aircraft attempted an emergency landing.
Reports from News1 Agency suggest that one passenger sent a text message to a family member moments before the crash, mentioning a bird strike near the plane’s wing.
A Jeju Air flight 7C2216 carrying 181 passengers and six flight attendants drove off the runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea 🇰🇷
— Sumit (@SumitHansd) December 29, 2024
179 Dead, 2 Survivors
Video footage released by MBC News showing a bird strike before the crash. pic.twitter.com/Y5T4syTSgl
Eyewitness footage captured the aircraft skidding uncontrollably across the runway, eventually crashing into a wall and erupting into flames.
Rescuers work at the wreckage of passenger plane Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 at Muan International Airport in Muan-gun, South Korea. The plane carrying 181 people crashed after skidding off the runway and colliding with a wall, resulting in an explosion. pic.twitter.com/yAdS9QSwca
— Sumit (@SumitHansd) December 29, 2024
Tragically, all passengers and four crew members lost their lives, with only two crew members at the rear of the plane surviving the incident.