A passenger plane burst into flames on Sunday after skidding off the runway and hitting a concrete fence in South Korea. Only two of the 181 people on board were pulled to safety from the Jeju Air passenger plane. The Boeing jet had attempted a belly landing after its front landing gear apparently failed to […]
By Ju-min Park, Hongji Kim and Hyunsu Yim MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -At least 167 people were killed when an Jeju Air plane belly-landed and veered off the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday, the national fire agency said. Jeju Air […]
Share At least 174 dead as toll rises Reporting from Seoul, South Korea The death of 174 people has been confirmed by the national fire agency. Share Airline CEO apologizes for the crash The chief executive of Jeju Air, Kim E-Bae, apologized over the crash and extended his condelences to the families who lost their […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s national fire agency says 120 people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire after a failed landing at an airport in the country’s south. The fire engulfed the Jeju Air aircraft carrying 181 people when it skidded off the runway just after landing and exploded after crashing […]
A least 62 people have died after an airliner carrying 175 passengers and six crew veered off a runway and smashed into a wall at an airport in South Korea. Footage of the incident showed the Boeing 737-800 skid along the runway on Sunday morning before striking what appeared to be a concrete barrier at […]
Charges are allegations only. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) — The man accused of driving under the influence — leading to the death of a pedestrian and the injuries of several other drivers — in Ogden on Friday night was reportedly fleeing […]
There were two survivors and 179 people killed in a commercial airplane crash Sunday at a South Korean airport, officials said. The Jeju Air flight veered off a runway while landing at Muan International Airport and caught fire after the crash, a spokesperson for the country’s National Fire Agency said. The flight, which originated from […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC4) — A 53-year-old man was killed in an auto-pedestrian crash Friday night, according to West Valley City Police. At around 8 p.m. on Dec. 27, a 53-year-old man was pushing a shopping cart across 4100 South at around 4730 West. The man was reportedly wearing dark clothing and crossing outside […]
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s president for what the Kremlin called a “tragic incident” over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air defences were fired against Ukrainian drones. The extremely rare public apology from Putin was the closest Moscow had come to accepting some blame for Wednesday’s disaster, […]
Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday that Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin’s silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot down the plane. The Russian leader called his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, apologizing for the incident that took place in Russian […]