An unprecedented low-cost airline major accident...Landing without getting off the landing gear.

2024.12.29. PM 8:00
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The accident happened during the plane's fuselage landing.

While attempting to land the fuselage, all of the fuselage was damaged except for the tail in the aftermath of the collision and explosion.

Of the 181 people on board, only two crew members on the rear side of the aircraft survived.

Reporter Oh Sun-yeol reports.

[Reporter]
The plane that left the runway was broken beyond recognition.

After the collision, the explosion occurred, and only the tail of the plane remained.

Two people were rescued from a passenger plane with 181 people on board, including 175 passengers and six crew members.

The rescuer was identified as a crew member on the tail of the plane.

It is the first case of massive casualties since the introduction of low-cost domestic airlines in 2005.

[Lee Jung-hyun / Jeonnam Muan Fire Station Chief Briefing: We rescued it from the tail. [Only that part is shaped, and the rest of the part is hard to recognize]

The plane attempted to make the first landing on runway 1 of Muan Airport, but it was difficult to land normally.

After that, he tried to land the fuselage, but the deceleration was not done properly and hit the outer wall of the fence.The airliner in the

accident uses a folding landing gear, which was found to be inoperative.

[Joo Jong-wan / Director of aviation policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: We believe that more accurate information can be obtained by looking at flight recorders and voice recorders]

The scene of the disaster, where most of the passengers were killed, is followed by sobbing of bereaved families and desperate work by rescuers.

This is YTN Osunyeol.

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; Kim Kyung-rok, Yeo Seung-gu, Lee Kang-hwi
Video editing; Oh HWONSEULGI

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