Terrifying footage shows doomed plane hurtling head on to concrete wall before bursting into flames killing 179 onboard
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THIS is the harrowing moment the doomed South Korean plane hurtles down the runway before smashing into a wall and going up in flames. The air disaster left 179 people dead with only two surviving the terrifying crash as investigators continue to desperately search for answers.
![[The moment the doomed South Korean passenger plane came into land just seconds before it fatally crashed into a wall]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1366359b-4f91-4fde-a582-3efc3bfe6ed4.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Video captured just seconds before the devastating aircraft smash shows the moment the pilot managed to land the Boeing 737-800 on its belly along the runway. The passenger plane is believed to have hit a bird on its approach to Muan International Airport resulting in the plane's landing gear being crippled.
![[The heroic pilot managed to land the aircraft but couldn't stop it from colliding with the wall as it sped off the runway]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/91e7db74-84eb-4c9e-837b-4e18265099a5.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Several attempts were made to land with the pilot aborting on multiple occasions before finally deciding to attempt it. The aircraft quickly slammed into the tarmac as the pilot heroically tried to land safely. The footage shows the delicate descent in the awful conditions as the plane successfully touches down.
![[The harrowing clip then showed a giant ash cloud erupt as the plane exploded on impact with the dangerously placed concrete structure]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/plane-disaster-terrifying-footage-shows-960447364.jpg?strip=all&w=942)
Aviation experts said the emergency landing was “beautiful” with the pilot doing almost exactly as they are trained to do in similar situations. But just seconds later the pilot's heroic landing was all in vain as it continued to speed off the end of the runway before colliding with a concrete wall.
![[Rescue teams work on the burnt out wreckage]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/7c2216-crashes-muan-international-airport-960434741.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The plane instantly exploded with the structure “which should not have been there” at the end of the 2,800-metre runway. The wall is believed to have helped to detonate the killer fireball by rupturing fuel tanks. David Learmount of Flight International Magazine said if the wall wasn't where it was then "everybody would be alive now".
![[The moment the plane hit the wall]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-screengrab-obtained-video-lee-960370405.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
