Jeju Air Flight 2216 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Jeju Air from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, and on 29 December 2024, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight had a bird ingest into one of the engines, issued a mayday alert, performed a go-around, and on its second landing attempt, failed to deploy its landing gear and belly landed well beyond the normal touchdown zone. It overran the runway and crashed into a berm encasing a concrete structure that supported an antenna array for the instrument landing system. The collision killed all 175 passengers and 4 of 6 crew members. The surviving 2 cabin crew were seated in the rear of the plane, which detached from the fuselage, and were rescued with injuries.
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