(29 Dec 2024)
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Bangkok, Thailand – 29 December 2024
1. Exterior of Suvarnabhumi airport
2. Wide of interior of arrival area
3. Wide of airline board showing Jeju Air among others
4. Various of passengers at airport
STORYLINE:
Two Thai nationals were among those onboard a plane which crashed at a South Korean airport on Sunday, killing at least 85 people in one of the country’s worst ever aviation disasters.
The plane was returning from Bangkok, according to officials.
Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, expressed deep condolences to the families of those affected by the accident through a post on social platform X.
Paetongtarn said she had ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide assistance immediately.
The plane burst into flames after it skid off a runway in the town of Muan and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy.
The National Fire Agency said rescuers raced to pull people from the Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 181 people at the airport in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul.
At least 85 people — 46 women and 39 men — died in the fire, the agency said, adding that it deployed 32 fire trucks and several helicopters to contain the fire.
Emergency workers pulled out two people, both crew members, and local health officials said they remain conscious.
Footage of the crash aired by YTN television showed the Jeju Air plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its landing gear still closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall on the outskirts of the facility.
Other local TV stations aired footage showing thick pillows of black smoke billowing from the plane engulfed with flame.
The plane was completely destroyed, with only the tail assembly remaining recognizable among the wreckage, official said.
The incident came as South Korea is embroiled into a huge political crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment.
AP video by Tian Macleod Ji
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