In a tragic incident, a South Korean passenger plane Jeju Air flight 7C2216 burst into flames on Sunday after skidding off a runway at the Muan International Airport killing most of the 181 people on board. As per reports, the flight slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear failed to deploy.
According to the data shared by the South Korean Ministry, this marked the deadliest air accident involving a South Korean airline in nearly three decades.
Landing issues, bird strike warning, fire: What all caused the mishap?
Footage of the incident aired by South Korean television network YTN showed the Jeju Air aircraft skidding across the runway, with its landing gear apparently still retracted. The plane then collided head-on with a concrete barrier on the outskirts of Muan International Airport, located about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul. As per reports, officials suspect a landing gear failure.
Furthermore, the angles of bird strike warning, and adverse weather conditions have surfaced as well as these are the possible factors behind the incident.
Citing Reuters, a Hindustan Times report suggested that the control tower had issued a bird strike warning and shortly afterward the pilots declared mayday.
The reports also mentioned that the plane appeared to have failed to reduce its speed until it reached the end of the runway after touching the ground and ended up crashing into the wall at the outer edge of the airport, erupting into a fireball.
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On Wednesday, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J28243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, took off from Baku and was headed for Grozny in Russia's Chechnya. The aircraft was 'denied landing due to fog' in Grozny and diverted far off the Caspian Sea, where it crashed in the Aktau city of Kazakhstan.
The incident occurred after the plane was diverted due to dense fog and forced to make an emergency landing. A total of 38 people were killed in the crash and around 29 passengers survived.
Aviation experts raised the concern that the plane may have been hit by Russian air defence systems, particularly after images of the wreckage revealed damage to the plane라이브 바카라 tail, as reported by Reuters.
Experts from OPSGroup and Osprey Fight solutions highlighted that the holes and damage appeared consistent with a surface-to-air missile (SAM) strike. Experts believe that the plane may have been struck while flying near Grozny, as Russian air defences were reportedly active in the area due to recent drone attacks on the region, as reported by Reuters.
Kremlin has rejected the claims that Russian air defence were responsible for the crash. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said, "It is wrong to build hypotheses before the conclusions of the investigation."
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Several viral videos on social media that captured the moment of the tragic crash showed the plane spiraling out of the sky while several other visuals depicted the wreckage in flames on the ground.
Later it was reported that the flight crashed following a considerable flying period through an area where 'severe icing' was predicted between 12,000 and 21,000 feet. As per the data shared by FlightAware, the flight was flying at a height of 17,000 feet.
According to a report by CNN, experts suggested that ice build-up on the plane possibly triggered the tragic mishap. After reviewing the flight tracking data, former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board Peter Goelz said, “All the preliminary signals point toward an icing event."
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In a tragic incident at Tribhuvan International Airport of Nepal's capital Kathmandu, a plane crashed during takeoff, killing 18 of the 19 people on board on July 24.
According to news agency, the aircraft 9N-AME (CRJ 200) belonged to a private airline company, Saurya Airlines. The report said the aircraft crashed during takeoff at the airport.
Local reports said all 18 bodies were recovered, while the pilot of the plane, identified as 37-year-old Manish Shakya, was rescued from the wreckage and taken to a nearby hospital in Sinamangal for treatment.
Footage from the spot showed dramatic scenes of the plane speeding down the runway before a fire broke out with high flames and thick black smoke billowing from the wreckage.
