Worst airline disaster in South Korea

Sight of grief: The wreckage of Jeju Air flight 2216 at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. — Bloomberg

At least 179 people were killed in the deadliest air accident ever in South Korea yesterday, when an airliner belly-landed and veered off the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.

Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew on board, was attempting to land shortly after 9am (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the country, South Korea’s transport ministry said.