A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
Boeing has issued a statement after one of its 737-800 jets crash landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 127 people. In a statement posted to X, the airplane manufacturer said it was in contact with the airline Jeju Air and was "ready to support them."
The Jeju Air flight was coming from Bangkok when it crashed at Muan International Airport, according to officials. Two were rescued.
The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who had been appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis at the highest levels.
The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. The flight came from Bangkok and was carrying 181 people.
The crash occurred as a Jeju Air passenger plane, carrying 175 passengers and six crew on a flight from Bangkok, was landing Sunday morning.
A passenger jet skidded off a runway and into a concrete fence, bursting into flames and killing at least 85 aboard after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy.
South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, further deepening the country's political crisis.
Han has been the caretaker leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the assembly over his short-lived imposition of martial law earlier this month.
SEOUL—At least 96 people died after a plane crashed Sunday while attempting to land at an airport in South Korea, according to the country’s national fire agency.The plane skidded off the runway and collided with a barrier at an airport in Muan County,
A video captured the moments before a plane carrying 181 passengers crashed while landing in an airport in South Korea. The Boeing 737-800 flight - operated by airline Jeju Air - was arriving at Muan Airport from Bangkok, Thailand. Two survivors, both members of the flight crew, have been pulled from the debris.