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News Wrap: South Korea orders inspection of entire aviation sector after crash kills 179

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, South Korea's acting president ordered an inspection of the entire aviation sector after a plane crash killed 179 people, President Biden announced $2.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, the Taliban says it will close all non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan that employ Afghan women and the U.S. Treasury revealed Chinese hackers stole documents earlier this month. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The day's other news begins in South Korea, where the acting president today ordered an inspection of the nation's entire aviation sector.

0:08.9

After yesterday's crash south of Seoul, it killed 179 people.

0:13.3

Only two survive when the Juju Airlines Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway and exploded, both of them crew members. Here's Stephanie Sa.

0:24.3

An anguished man cries out among a sea of forlorn faces. Families of the victims of one of the

0:31.6

deadliest air disasters in South Korean history want answers. What we have to demand from the government is to bring in more experts.

0:40.3

We've wanted the government to recover our families 100 percent, or at least 80 percent, as soon as possible.

0:47.3

Park Honschen's brother was one of 181 people on board, Juju Air Flight 7C-2216.

0:55.0

It was flying from Bangkok and belly landed in Muon.

1:00.0

Without its landing gear deployed, the plane overshot the runway,

1:03.0

barreling at high speed straight into a concrete wall.

1:08.0

Nearly everyone on board died as the plane burst into flames. Only two crew members

1:14.5

survived. They were pulled out from the tail of the aircraft. The bodies are so severely damaged

1:21.0

that we're in a situation where we need to recover and piece them together one by one. That's the

1:26.3

current reality. In the Pact Airport,

1:29.4

Jaiju Air Executive Li Zheng Suk bowed in remorse. We will take full responsibility and accept

1:36.1

any necessary measures. Once again, I offer my deepest apologies. Today, investigators are sifting

1:43.1

through the wreckage for evidence. The black box has been recovered. It could reveal what transpired leading up to the tragic landing, but that data won't yield immediate answers. What is known is that Korean air traffic controllers had warned the pilots of the possibility of a bird strike just before landing.

2:02.0

Some experts say that alone is unlikely to be the cause of such a major crash and other factors

2:07.7

bear scrutiny.

2:08.9

I'm pretty shocked, actually, because whatever happened to the airplane, which meant that

2:14.2

the pilot couldn't get the flaps and gear down for the landing was not actually

2:19.0

what caused the death of the passengers. The passengers were killed by hitting a solid structure

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