JEJU AIR: SOUTH KOREAN PLANE CRASHES IT TOOK THE LIVES OF 179 PEOPLE

 In South Korea's worst air tragedy, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crashed at Maun International Airport on December 29, 2024, killing 179 people and leaving only two survivors.

 
Flight Route:

 
Jeju Air, Flight 7C2216, a Boeing 737-800, encountered a problem while attempting to land at Maun International Airport. Jeju Air is Korea's most popular budget airline.
 
The flight, which was returning from Bangkok, Thailand. The Air Traffic Controller gave permission for landing at Muan International Airport at 08:54 AM.
 
At 08:59 AM, the pilot reported a bird had stuck in the engine and requested an alternative landing in the opposite direction.
 
At 09.01 AM, Air Traffic Controllers gave permission, and at 09.02 AM, the plane touched the ground at about the halfway point of the 2800-meter runway. The flight's landing gears were not coming out, and the body of the plane touched the ground. At the end of the runway there was a concrete wall; the flight skidded and crashed into the wall.
 
 
Damage and Survivors:
 
Number of people on board: 181 people.
 
- One hundred seventy-five people (173 South Koreans, two Thais)
 
- 6 service assistants
 
- 179 people died, including all passengers and 4 team members.
 
- Two members of the group survive (1 male and 1 female).
 
- 5 were children under 10 years of age.
 
- Age of passengers: from three to seventy-eight years.
 
 
 
What's the exact reason for this crash?
 
  
01. Lee Jeong-hyun, chief of the Muan fire department - A bird strike and bad weather might have caused the crash. But that the exact cause was still being investigated.

02. One passenger on the flight had taught a bird had been "stuck in the wing" and that the plane could not land. Source: Korea Local Media

03.The head of Jeju Air's management -"Not had any maintenance issues."

04. Geoffrey Thomas, an aviation expert and editor of Airline News— South Korea and its airlines were considered "industry best practice," and both the aircraft and the airline had an "excellent safety record." There was skepticism a bird strike alone could have caused the crash. "A bird strike is not unusual. Problems with an undercarriage are not unusual. Bird strikes happen far more often, but typically they don't cause the loss of an airplane by themselves.

05.Black box: The voice recorders have recovered, and the other data decoding time will be about one month, and now they have already sent them to USA.

Source: BBC.com