Jeju Air passenger's harrowing final five-word message to relative before plane crashed killing 176
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A passenger aboard the doomed Jeju Air plane that erupted into a fireball when it smashed into a wall as it landed in South Korea made a heartbreaking five-word message to a relative before the disaster. At least 177 people died in the disaster at Muan International Airport, in southern South Korea, on Sunday morning. Jeju Air flight 7C2216 arrived from Bangkok with an estimated 181 people in board. Two survivors have been saved from the wreckage, both reported to be airline crew.
Local media reported that a passenger on board the plane texted a loved one with a heartbreaking message just before the crash. The recipient of the text, who was referred to by South Korean media as Mr A, told reporters he had been waiting with his family at the airport at the time of the crash.
Follow our live blog here for all the latest updates. "I have not been able to contact them since my family contacted me saying there was a problem with the plane," he told reporters. Then, heartbreakingly, he revealed the relative asked in their last message: "Should I make a will?".
The passenger also reportedly said that a bird had got "caught on the wing and we couldn't land." The News1 agency reported another passenger texted a relative with a final message saying: "Should I say my last words?". The National Fire Agency of South Korea said 71 of the bodies that were pulled from the aircraft were identified as male with 71 being identified as female. It is still waiting to confirm the genders of at least nine other passengers.
