Out of 179 victims, two people who were on board the Bangkok – Muan flight which crashed in the southwest of South Korea miraculously survived this Sunday, December 29. These are two members of the plane's crew.
Only two people out of the 181 occupants of flight JJA-2216 which linked Bangkok to Muan survived the plane crash which occurred this Sunday, December 29 in South Korea. During the day, a final report showed 179 dead and two survivors: 175 passengers, mostly Koreans, and four crew members.
Two members of the crew – out of the six on board – were however able to be rescued from the wreckage of the plane. They are both hospitalized in Seoul, according to Yonhap news agency.
“When I woke up, I had already been rescued,” one of the two survivors told doctors during the day.
A 33 year old man and a 25 year old woman
This first survivor is a 33-year-old steward. He suffers from multiple fractures but is “fully able to communicate” according to medical staff. He does not suffer from memory loss or other cognitive disorders.
The other surviving crew member was a 25-year-old woman with injuries to her ankle and head, Yonhap news agency reported. Hospitalized in another health establishment, she is in stable condition, according to the Guardian.
The accident occurred Sunday morning on the tarmac of Muan airport, a city located 290 kilometers south of Seoul, during the landing of this flight arriving from Bangkok.
A video of the crash broadcast by the local channel MBC went around the world: it shows the aircraft – a Boeing 737-800 which entered service in 2009, according to the specialist site Flightradar – landing with smoke. escaping from the engines. The plane hit a wall at the end of the runway and was immediately engulfed in flames.
Jeanne Bulant with AFP Journalist BFMTV
