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Jeju Air flight 2216

Fear of Landing

There were 175 passengers, four cabin crew and two flight crew on board. The landing gear failed to deploy and the Boeing landed on its belly, skidding some 250 metres off the runway before crashing into a concrete platform used for the airports Instrument Landing System antennae.

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Wrong Way Woes

Ask the Pilot

But, you’re thinking, wouldn’t the “welcome aboard” spiel by either the pilots or cabin crew have given things away? The former were Edinburgh-bound. The latter were handling a flight to Germany — or so they thought. We always mention the destination, don’t we?