Marine patrol aircraft crashed in South Korea-four people on board!

Marine patrol aircraft crashed in South Korea-four people on board!

In the afternoon (local time) there was a tragic incident in the afternoon when a marine patrol plane crashed. There were a total of four people on board. The crash occurred near the city of Pohang, specifically on a forested mountain slope. So far, the navy has not published any information about possible injuries or deaths. Eyewitnesses reported huge swaths of smoke that were visible over the accident. The aircraft had broken up shortly before from an air force base in Pohang to a training mission, but the exact circumstances of the crash remain unclear. This reports bnn.de .

This incident is not the only tragic flight accident in South Korea lately. On December 29, 2024, a Boeing 737-800 of the South Korean Airline Jeju Air crashed to Muan Airport. The plane was occupied by 181 people, including 175 passengers and six crew members, and came from Bangkok. The accident occurred at 9:03 a.m. (local time) when the machine put on without a driven chassis, shot beyond the runway and crashed into a fang fence. A fire immediately ignited. According to reports of eyewitnesses, smoke and fire from one of the turbines were visible. Two crew members survived while 179 people died. This information comes from tagesschau.de and stern.de .

background to the Jeju Air misfortune

The machine was badly damaged during the crash landing, and initial investigations indicate a possible bird strike, which may lead to a malfunction on the chassis. The pilots made a first landing test, but broke it off and instead tried a risky crash landing that ended in a collision with a fence. The Ministry of Transport excluded a too short runway as the cause of the accident. The identification of the victims through the fire became difficult, and initial investigations into the cause of the accident already run. The managing president of Jeju Air apologized for the accident and offered support for the bereaved.

rescue workers were immediately in use to extinguish the fire and save the few survivors. All flights from and to Muan were discontinued as a result of the accident. The aircraft accident marks the first with fatalities in the history of Jeju Air, which has been offering both domestic and international flights since it was founded in 2005