Because the investigation continues into the precise explanation for the Jeju Air airplane crash, authorities introduced that each one 179 of those that died have been recognized as of Wednesday morning in South Korea.
Individuals pay tribute to the victims of the Jeju Air airplane crash throughout a countdown occasion to mark the 2025 New 12 months, on the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul earlier than midnight, Dec. 31, 2024.
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Victims’ households will, for the primary time, be taken to the location to pay their respects later within the day.
Along with South Korea’s transportation division and different native authorities, america despatched a staff to help within the investigation that features advisers from the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing and CFM Worldwide, a jet-engine maker.
It additionally contains three representatives from the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
Some shall be posted on-site whereas others seek the advice of remotely.
“Further NTSB investigative employees are standing by to help if wanted, together with specialists in recorders, powerplants, and survival components, amongst different specialties,” the NTSB mentioned in a press release.
Police forensics personnel and Nationwide Bureau of Investigation officers work on the scene the place a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan Worldwide Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 31, 2024.
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The crash concerned a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 plane. Authorities are conducting a full investigation into 101 plane which are the identical mannequin. These planes are at the moment working in six native airways, officers mentioned.
Jeju Air Flight 2216 was touchdown simply earlier than 9 a.m. when the airplane issued a misery name, in accordance with South Korea’s Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport. It then went off the runway and crashed right into a wall.
“Earlier than touchdown, the management tower issued a warning of a hen strike, and the pilot despatched a misery sign instantly afterwards,” the ministry mentioned this week in a press release.
There have been a complete of 175 passengers and 6 crew members aboard the Boeing 737, which had taken off from Bangkok, Thailand.
There have been two survivors of the crash, each crew members, one man and one girl. They’re each in restoration with non-life-threatening accidents at separate hospitals in Seoul as of Monday, in accordance with the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport.
