Pilot made 'mayday' call a minute before crash

Pilot made 'mayday' call a minute before crash 

A Jeju Air plane, a private airline in South Korea, made a 'mayday' call to the control tower just a minute before it crashed. Pilots usually make such calls to the control tower to request permission for an emergency landing when there is a risk of loss of life on board.

 A South Korean transport ministry official told Reuters on Sunday that the pilots of Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 made the mayday call shortly after the control tower issued a warning that the plane had been hit by a bird. Within a minute, the plane made an ill-fated attempt to land on the runway at Muan International Airport.

The official could not say for sure whether the flight had hit a bird. However, he said the plane’s black box had been collected.

 Jeju Air CEO bows his head and apologizes for killing 179 passengers.

The CEO of Jeju Air and others have apologized for the crash of a plane at Muan International Airport in South Korea that killed 179 people. CEO Kim E-bae was seen bowing his head in apology at a press conference in Seoul on Sunday, alongside top executives of the company.

Jeju Air flight 7C2216 was flying from Bangkok, Thailand, to South Korea with 181 passengers. There were 175 passengers and 6 crew on board the Jeju Air plane. The plane crashed while landing at Muan International Airport in South Korea.

Video published by local media shows the plane landing at Muan International Airport. The plane is seen moving forward at high speed on the runway. But at that time, no landing gear was visible on the aircraft.

After a short run, it hit a wall at the end of the runway and hit it at high speed. The front of the plane twisted and caught fire. A huge plume of black smoke was seen flying into the sky at the scene. Only two passengers have been rescued alive in this incident so far.

South Korean news agency Yonhap said, citing airport authorities, that it is believed that the plane's landing gear may have malfunctioned due to a bird strike during landing.

Meanwhile, in a statement on social media, Jeju Air said that Jeju Air will provide maximum assistance to the victims of this accident. We sincerely apologize for this worrying accident.

And at a brief press conference in Seoul, Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae said that the cause of the accident is not yet known. There is no record of the plane's accident. In addition, there were no initial signs of mechanical failure on the aircraft.