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South Korea police search Jeju Air, airport operator over fatal plane crash

Police investigators are searching the offices of the airport operator and the transportation ministry aviation authority in the southwestern city of Muan

S Korean investigators extract black box data to find exact cause of crash

Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year's Day, as officials said they've extracted data from one of the retrieved black boxes to find the exact cause of the crash. All but two of the 181 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air died when it crashed at Muan International Airport, in southern South Korea, on Sunday. Video showed the aircraft without its landing gear deployed landing on its belly at high speed and then skidding off the end of the runaway into a concrete fence and bursting into flames. The footage showed the plane was experiencing an apparent engine problem in addition to the landing gear malfunction. Investigators say the pilot received a warning from air traffic controllers of possible bird strikes and the plane issued a distress signal before the crash. The Transport Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that it has completed works to extract da

South Korea to send Jeju Air flight data recorder to US for analysis

A team from the United States had arrived in South Korea on Monday and began joint investigations with South Korean officials

US, Boeing investigators examine site of deadly South Korean plane crash

A team of US investigators including representatives from Boeing have examined the site of a plane crash that killed 179 people in South Korea while authorities were conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines. All but two of the 181 people aboard the Boeing 737-800 operated by South Korean budget airline Jeju Air died in Sunday's crash. Video showed the aircraft, without its landing gear deployed, crash-landed on its belly and overshoot a runaway at South Korea's southern Muan International Airport before it slammed into concrete fence and burst into a flame. The plane was seen having an engine trouble, and preliminary examinations also say the pilots received a bird strike warning from the ground control centre and issued a distress signal as well. But many experts say the landing gear issue was likely the main cause of the crash. The South Korean government has launched safety inspections on all the 101 Boeing 737-800s in the ..

Survivors of South Korea's deadly plane crash: How 2 crew members made it

A passenger plane at a South Korean airport skid off the runway on Sunday, hit a concrete barrier and burst into flames; 179 passengers lost their lives in the crash

South Korea plane crash: Experts flay runway design; airport embankment

All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway

Jeju Air plane crash prompts South Korean leaders to pause political fight

Acting President Choi Sang-mok, just two days into his role, led the emergency response and declared a week-long mourning period until Jan 4

With 318 fatalities, commercial aviation suffers deadliest year since 2018

Onboard passenger plane fatalities this year jumped to 318 with the two recent crashes. That's by far the highest death toll since more than 500 people died in 2018

Jeju Air sees 68,000 cancellations after plane crash that claimed 179 lives

News reports indicate that many customers were inquiring about whether their flights were on the same Boeing 737-800 model, and some sought to cancel if so

A deadly December for aviation: At least 7 plane crashes, hundreds dead

December 2024 has seen at least seven fatal plane crashes among commercial airlines, reminding public of the vulnerabilities in aviation safety and the need for emergency response measures

Year ender 2024: Devastating tragedies that sent shock waves across world

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S Korea struggles to determine cause of plane crash that killed 179 people

South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country's worst aviation disaster in decades. Many observers also worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the aftermath of Sunday's crash as it grapples with a leadership vacuum following the recent successive impeachments of President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minster Han Duck-soo, the country's top two officials, amid political tumult caused by Yoon's brief martial law introduction earlier this month. New Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday presided over a task force meeting on the crash and instructed the Transport Ministry and police to launch investigations into its cause. He also ordered the ministry to implement an emergency review of the country's overall aircraft operation systems. The essence of a responsible response would be renovating the aviation safety systems on the whole to prevent

Another Jeju Air plane suffers landing gear issue day after Muan tragedy

Jeju Air flight 7C101 experienced a landing gear failure shortly after takeoff from Gimpo Airport, prompting its return to Seoul

South Korea orders air safety probe after country's worst crash kills 179

Top priority for now is identifying the victims, supporting their families and treating the two survivors, Choi told a disaster management meeting in Seoul

Boeing 737-800 involved in Jeju Air crash, used in 15% of global fleet

There are about 28,000 passenger planes in service globally, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider. About 15 per cent, or 4,400, are Boeing 737-800s

Experts question bird strike as cause of fatal Jeju air crash in S Korea

South Korean officials said they were investigating the cause of the crash of Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, including a possible bird strike

Plane catches fire after skidding off runway in South Korea; 179 dead

A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy, killing most of the 181 people on board, in one of the country's worst aviation disasters. The National Fire Agency said rescuers raced to pull people from the Jeju Air passenger plane at the airport in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometres south of Seoul. The Transport Ministry said the plane was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 jet that was returning from Bangkok and that the crash happened at 9:03 am. At least 176 people 83 women, 82 men and 11 others whose genders weren't immediately identifiable died in the fire, the fire agency said. Emergency workers pulled two people, both crew members, to safety. Health officials said they are conscious and not in life-threatening condition. Three people remained missing about nine hours after the incident. The fire agency deployed 32 fire trucks and ...

Video: Air Canada plane catches fire during touchdown, skids off runway

In a statement, the airport said an Air Canada Express flight operated by Pal Airlines arriving from St John's experienced an incident upon landing

Video: Moment when plane with 181 onboard crashed at South Korea airport

Footage showed the plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its landing gear still closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall

Azerbaijani, US officials suggest weapons fire may have hit crashed plane

Russian air defence systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a US official said on Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane was hit by a weapon, citing expert analysis and survivor accounts. Friday's assessments by Rashan Nabiyev and White House national security spokesman John Kirby echoed those made by outside aviation experts who blamed the crash on Russian air defence systems responding to a Ukrainian attack. These statements raised pressure on Russia, where officials said a drone attack was underway in the region where the Azerbaijan Airlines flight was heading for a landing. They did not address statements blaming air defenses. Kirby told reporters on Friday that the US "have seen some early indications that would certainly point to the possibility that this jet was brought down by Russian air defense systems, but refused to elaborate, citing an ongoing investigation. Pressed on whether the US has intelligence that helped lead to t