South Korea’s Jeju Air crash: experts question why wall was at end of runway

South Korea’s Jeju Air crash: experts question why wall was at end of runway

[South China Morning Post] - 12/30/2024

Videos of the crash show the plane managing to belly-land intact, before skidding at high speed into wall and exploding in a fireball.



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