Footage of the crash showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed, and slamming into a wall.
Jeju Air’s passenger plane smashed into a concrete wall after an emergency landing at Muan international airport in South Korea
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Acting South Korean President Choi Sang-mok has told emergency responders to use "all available" resources to respond to the crash.
Relatives of victims have set up memorials at the airport where the Jeju Air plane went down in the world’s deadliest aviation crash in six years.
Investigators from the NTSB and Boeing were expected to join the investigation into South Korea's deadliest air crash.
The Muan crash is one of the deadliest disasters in South Korea’s aviation history. The last time South Korea suffered a large-scale air disaster was in 1997, when a Korean Airline plane crashed in Guam, killing 228 people on board. In 2013, an Asiana Airlines plane crash-landed in San Francisco, killing three and injuring approximately 200.
The Jeju Air plane from Bangkok attempted a belly landing at Muan International Airport after its landing gear reportedly failed to deploy.View on euronews
The flight was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed before slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.
Officials are investigating the cause of the deadliest aircraft crash in South Korean history, which killed 179 people.
Acting South Korean President Choi Sang-mok has told emergency responders to use "all available" resources to respond to the crash.
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