Jeju Air Flight 2216 · Muan International Airport
On December 29, 2024, Jeju Air Flight 2216 (Muan International Airport). 179 people died.
- Date
- December 29, 2024
- Place
- Muan International Airport
- Operator
- Jeju Air
- Killed
- 179
- Injured
- 2
- Position
- 34.976°N, 126.383°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q131581945
From Wikipedia
Jeju Air Flight 2216 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Jeju Air from Suvarnabhumi Airport near Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. On 29 December 2024, when the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight was approaching Muan, a bird strike occurred, with both of the engines ingesting birds, causing an apparent loss of thrust in the right engine. The pilots issued a mayday alert, performed a go-around, and on the second landing attempt, the landing gear did not deploy and the airplane belly-landed well beyond the normal touchdown zone. It overran the runway at high speed, collided with the approach lighting system, and crashed into a berm encasing a concrete structure that supported an antenna array for the instrument landing system (ILS). The collision killed all 175 passengers and 4 of the 6 crew members. The surviving two cabin crew were seated in the rear of the plane, which detached from the fuselage, and were rescued with injuries.
Text from Wikipedia, “Jeju Air Flight 2216”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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