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Los peores accidentes aéreos

By Duncan Mil

December 30, 2024 - El accidente aéreo más letal en la historia de Corea del Sur mató a 179
personas el domingo, cuando el vuelo 7C2216 de Jeju Air estalló en una bola de fuego al aterrizar en el Aeropuerto Internacional Muan.

The crash of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft is the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades.

“Only the tail part retains a little bit of shape, and the rest (of the aircraft) looks almost impossible to recognize,” Muan fire chief Lee Jung-hyun told a press conference.

Two crew members, a man and a woman, were rescued from the tail section of the burning plane, Lee said.

Yonhap news agency cited airport authorities as saying a bird strike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction.

South Korea’s Transport Ministry announced Monday that it plans to conduct safety inspections of all 101 Boeing 737-800 jetliners operated by the country’s airlines.

The Muan crash is South Korea’s deadliest aviation disaster since 1997, when a Korean Airlines plane crashed in Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.

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PUBLISHED: 30/12/2024; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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