Jeju Air Flight 2216

Jeju Air Flight 2216 was a passenger flight from Suvarnabhumi Airport near Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. On 29 December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight went off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashed into a barrier. All 175 passengers and 4 of 6 crew members on board died.

This was the worst South Korean airline accident since the 1997 crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam, and the deadliest in South Korea since the crash of Air China Flight 129 in 2002. The plane crash was the first deadly accident in Jeju Air's 19-year history and the deadliest plane crash of the 2020s, since Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in 2018. It was the first deadly incident in the history of Jeju Air.

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Category:2024 disasters in Asia
Category:2024 in Asia
Category:December 2024 events