Plane Crash Claims 85 Lives in South Korea

According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, about 85 passengers have died in a plane crash in the country’s Jeolla Province early Sunday.

According to South Korean emergency officials, the aircraft’s landing gears failed due to a birdstrike.

The Boeing 737-800 plane, en route from Bangkok, veered off the runway and collided with a fence during landing.

Other details indicate that the crash was caused by a chassis failure due to a birdstrike. The crew tried to belly-land the plane but it failed to slow down and crashed into a wall at the end of the runway.

Two people have been rescued alive so far. Rescuers are carrying out a rescue operation in the tail section of the aircraft. Efforts continue to extinguish a fire caused by the crash.