‍DALLAS — A Jeju Air (7C) Boeing 737-800 aircraft veered off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport (MXW) in South Korea, Yonhap New

Jeju Air Boeing 737 Fatal Crash-landing in South Korea

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2024-12-29 04:00:02

‍DALLAS — A Jeju Air (7C) Boeing 737-800 aircraft veered off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport (MXW) in South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday. ‍

CNN reported that at last 28 souls perished and that South Jeolla province Fire Service Headquarters expected more casualties. The latest official figures from the National Fire Agency count at least 62 deaths.

The accident occurred around 9:07 a.m. (7 p.m. EST) during crash-landing as the plane returned from Bangkok, Thailand, carrying 175 passengers and six flight attendants. MXW, located in southern South Korea, became the site of an extensive rescue operation following the crash.

Live video of the crash shows the 7C Boeing 737-800 landing with the front landing gear up, meaning it was belly landing gone horribly wrong—the Boeing jet reached the end of the runway with no where else to go but into a perimeter wall, bursting in flames upon impact.

The flight was identified as 7C2216, operating the Boeing 737-8AS jet with registration HL8088, MSN 3012, originally delivered to Ryanair (FR) in September 2009 as EI-EFR before joining 7C’s fleet in 2017.