Jeju Air Flight 2216

Jeju Air Flight 2216

HL8088, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 2023
Occurrence
Date	29 December 2024 (2024-12-29)
Summary	Runway overrun after belly landing; under investigation
Site	Muan International Airport, South Jeolla, South Korea 34°59′13″N 126°22′58″E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-8AS
Operator	Jeju Air
IATA flight No.	7C2216
ICAO flight No.	JJA2216
Call sign	JEJU AIR 2216
Registration	HL8088
Flight origin	Suvarnabhumi Airport, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Destination	Muan International Airport, South Jeolla, South Korea
Occupants	181
Passengers	175
Crew	6
Fatalities	179
Injuries	2
Survivors	2

Jeju Air Flight 2216 was a passenger flight from Suvarnabhumi Airport near Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. On 29 December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight went off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashed into a barrier. Out of the 181 onboard, 179 people were confirmed to have been killed. Two flight attendants survived with injuries.^[1]

This was the worst South Korean airline accident since the 1997 crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam, and the deadliest in South Korea since the crash of Air China Flight 129 in 2002.^[2] The plane crash was the first deadly accident in Jeju Air's 19-year history^[3] and the deadliest plane crash of the 2020s, since Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in 2018.

References

1. Park, Ju-min; Kim, Hongji; Yim, Hyunsu (30 December 2024). "Fiery plane crash kills 179 in worst airline disaster in South Korea". Reuters. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
2. "South Korea Plane Crash Live Updates: Dozens Dead After Jeju Air Flight Explodes – The New York Times". The New York Times. With at least 85 people killed, the crash marked the worst plane tragedy involving a South Korean airline since a Korean Air jet slammed into a hill in Guam, a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, in 1997.
3. "Plane With 181 On Board Crashes In South Korea, Killing 29". Barron's. Dow Jones. Agence France-Presse. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.