Jeju Air Crash Kills 179 in Worst-Ever South Korean Accident
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A Boeing Co. 737-800 aircraft operated by Jeju Air Co. crashed and caught fire after skidding down an airport runway in South Korea, killing most of the 181 people on board in one of the country’s worst-ever aviation disasters.
Flight 2216 was carrying 175 passengers and six crew from Bangkok to Muan International Airport in the country’s south, according to officials. Some 179 people were killed, with only a pair of flight attendants surviving, Yonhap reported.