US EditionJeju Air crash victims could have all survived without concrete barrier, lawmaker says
A simulation shows the concrete navigation structure at Muan Airport caused all 179 deaths in the 2024 crash; frangible structures could have prevented fatalities, officials said.
- A simulation indicated that all on board a Jeju Air crash might have survived without a concrete barrier that did not meet safety standards.
- The simulation found the plane's initial impact was not strong enough to cause severe injuries and it would have slid about 770 meters without the barrier.
- If the navigation facility had a breakable structure instead of a concrete mound, the plane could have breached a fence with only minor injuries.
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'If There Was No Wall': Korean Leader Offers New Angle To Plane Crash
A South Korean government-commissioned report found the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a concrete mound at the end of the runway, an opposition lawmaker said.
Jeju Air crash victims could have all survived without concrete barrier, lawmaker says
A South Korean government-commissioned report found the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a concrete mound at the end of the runway, an opposition lawmaker said.
The 179 people killed in the deadliest plane crash ever in South Korea in December 2024 would likely have survived if a concrete wall had not been found at the end of the runway, according to a simulation revealed by a parliamentarian on Thursday.
South Korea admits airport safety failure in Jeju Air crash
More than a year after the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport (MWX), South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has acknowledged for the first time that a concrete structure at the airport failed to meet safety standards and likely contributed to the high death toll. A government-commissioned simulation report, disclosed on December 8, 2025 by opposition lawmaker Kim Eun-hye, concluded that all 179 passengers who died…
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