By Hyunjoo Jin
SEOUL (Reuters) – Sunday's crash of Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 was the deadliest ever on South Korean soil and the worst for a South Korean airline since the 1997 Korean Air crash in Guam that killed more than 200 people.
The crash of a Boeing (NYSE:) 737-800 at Muan International Airport is the first fatal accident involving the country's largest budget airline, which was founded in 2005. Jeju Air is behind only Korean Air and Asiana Airlines in number. Of passengers in South Korea.
The previous deadliest air accident in South Korea occurred in 2002, when an Air China (OTC:) Boeing 767-200 crashed on a hill near the southeastern port city of Busan, killing 129 people and injuring 37. Others.
Here are some other major plane crashes in South Korea or involving South Korean airlines:
In September 1983, Korean Air Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet plane as it entered Soviet airspace over Sakhalin Island, killing all 269 people on board.
– In July 1993, the Boeing 737-500 was operated by Asiana Airlines The plane (KS:) landed several kilometers from the runway at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, in bad weather. More than 60 people died.
– In August 1997, Korean Air Flight 801, a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747-3B5B (747-300), crashed into a hill near Guam International Airport, killing 228 of 254 people. people were on board.
In July 2011, an Asiana Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crashed into the sea off Jeju Island in South Korea. This was later determined to have been caused by a fire in the cargo hold. Both pilots were killed.
In July 2013, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco Airport when the tail of the Boeing 777 struck a seawall near the runway, causing the plane to spin, killing three teenage passengers from China and injuring more. More than 180 passengers out of about 300 people were on board.
