A plane with 175 passengers on board crashed on landing in South Korea

In South Korea, a Jeju Air plane crashed while landing at Muang Airport. There were at least 175 people on board. About it on Sunday, December 29, reports the agency Yonhap.

"The plane, on board of which there were about 175 passengers and six crew members, was returning from Bangkok," - said in the material of the agency.

Authorities are investigating the scene to determine the exact cause of the crash, and rescue operations are also underway.

Later, the agency said 28 people were killed. Two people who were in the tail section were rescued.

In the footage published by Korean television channel MBC, it can be seen that the plane's landing gear failed to open.

As reported by Reuters, the acting President of the Republic Choi Sang-mok asked to make every effort to rescue the victims.

Tragedy in Aktau: Baku-Grozny passenger plane crashed

A fire started at the scene and there are survivors

Earlier, on December 25, a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), flying on the Baku-Grozny route, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau. The crew tried to make an emergency landing at the city's airport, but the plane crashed and caught fire.

The Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan called the preliminary cause of the crash outside interference. After the incident, a criminal case was initiated. According to the airline's list, 62 passengers and five crew members were on board. A total of 38 bodies were found at the crash site.

Seven Russians died in the airplane crash, nine Russian citizens survived. Later, a special airplane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered them to Moscow. Of the crew, three people survived.

After the crash, AZAL suspended flights from Baku to Grozny and Makhachkala until the investigation is completed. Later the company decided to suspend flights to Sochi, Volgograd, Ufa, Samara and Mineralnye Vody from December 28.