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Plane burst into flames after skidding off runway at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 176 (apnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by stochastic_parrot@sh.itjust.works to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy, killing most of the 181 people on board, in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters.

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Me: "Hah, an Embraer got shot down by an AA weapon and half the passengers survived, I'll bet it's a Boeing."

The article: "737-800 ... Landing gear failed to deploy"

Fucking hell, it's always a fucking Boeing.