Jeju Air Flight 2216 which was returning from Bangkok, Thailand has tragically crashed at Muan International Airport. All 175 passengers and 4 crew members out of 6 have died in the crash. This was a Boeing 737-800 plane. Landing Gear malfunction is said to be the reason of the crash. While landing the plane collided with the fence of the airport. When it collided, the whole plane was engulfed with the flames.
A detailed investigation has been ordered by the South Korean government to know the cause of this horrific accident.
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Date | Crash | Place | No. of Deceased |
March 27, 1977 | Tenerife Airport Disaster | Tenerife, Canary Islands | 583 |
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November 12, 1996 | Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 | Near New Delhi, India | 349 |
June 23, 1985 | Air India Flight 182 | Atlantic Ocean | 329 |
December 21, 1988 | Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie) | Lockerbie, Scotland | 259 |
July 3, 1988 | Iran Air Flight 655 | Persian Gulf | 290 |
May 25, 1979 | American Airlines Flight 191 | Chicago, USA | 273 |
September 1, 1983 | Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | Sakhalin Island, USSR | 269 |
August 19, 1980 | Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 301 |
January 8, 1996 | Air Africa Flight 149 | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | 225-348 |
January 2, 2024 | Japan Airlines Collision | Tokyo, Japan | 5 |
January 5, 2024 | Alaska Airlines Emergency Landing | Oregon to California, USA | 0 |
January 24, 2024 | Russian Military Plane | Near Belgorod, Russia | 74 |
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