Sobs and prayers resonate in the departure hall of Muan International Airport, South Korea, where the families of the 179 victims of the crash of a Boeing 737-8AS of the low-cost airline Jeju Air are gathered. Anxious, everyone is waiting for news from the doctors who are working to identify the victims – 33 of whom still remain anonymous. A memorial altar was set up and monks came to pray for the victims while an airline official apologized to the relatives of the deceased and Acting President Choi Sang-mok assured them of his support.
Sunday, December 29, at 8:57 a.m., as the Boeing 737-8AS of flight 7C 2216, which connected Bangkok to Muan and carried 175 passengers and six crew members, was preparing to land, the latter collided with birds, forcing its pilot to go around and attempt a landing on another runway. But the plane crashed into an embankment after overshooting the runway, killing 84 men, 85 women and 10 people whose gender could not be determined, in what is the country’s deadliest air disaster has known for almost 30 years.
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An emergency investigation
On Monday morning, Acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency safety inspection of the entire operating system of the country’s airlines and a “comprehensive inspection” of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft in use. . Rival political parties have launched separate initiatives in response to the disaster, putting aside the animosity of recent weeks.
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