Jordan Condolences Korea Following Plane Crash
Date
12/29/2024 2:10:50 PM
(MENAFN- Jordan Times)
AMMAN - Jordan on Sunday extended its condolences to the government and people of Korea following the plane crash at Muan International Airport, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.
Sufian Qudah, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, expressed the Kingdom's solidarity with Korea at this difficult time, according to a ministry statement.
He conveyed condolences to the families of the victims and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, killing 179 with just two people - both flight attendants - plucked alive from the wreckage, according to AFP.
A bird strike was cited by authorities as the likely cause of the crash - the worst ever aviation disaster on South Korean soil - which flung passengers out of the plane and left it "almost completely destroyed", according to fire officials.
Video showed the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 landing on its belly at Muan International Airport, skidding off the runway as smoke streamed out from the engines, before crashing into a wall and exploding in flames.
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