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Plane crash in South Korea – at least 122 people killed – UNIAN
The cause was probably a bird strike. The landing gear on the plane did not work.
At least 122 people have been killed in a passenger plane crash in South Korea. The airliner crash-landed at Muan airport, rolled along the runway without landing gear, crashed into a fence and exploded, CNN writes.
According to the local rescue service, at least 122 people have been confirmed dead so far. Two people, both crew members, were pulled alive from the wreckage, but rescuers warned the chances of finding others surviving were slim.
Jeju Air Flight 7C 2216 from Bangkok was carrying 175 passengers and six crew. It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur in South Korea since 1997, when a Boeing 747…
