A BOMBSHELL investigation into South Korea’s horror aircraft crash has revealed how the exact same aircraft was concerned in one other smash simply three years in the past.

It has been claimed that Jeju Air swore the aircraft had no historical past of accidents and no upkeep points – regardless of being concerned in a collision in 2021 because it took off.

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The damning report, printed by JTBC information, stated the tail of the Boeing 737-800’s fuselage got here into contact with the runway.

It broken the big jet – however Jeju allegedly continued to fly the aircraft as deliberate, resulting in a advantageous of greater than £108,000.

When CEO of Jeju Air, Kim Yi-bae, was questioned over the aircraft that smashed on Sunday killing 179 individuals, he stated it had no accident historical past.

However Korea Airports Company reported that “after checking the statistical system, the identical aircraft had an accident three years in the past”.

The crash befell on February 17, 2021, because the jet took off from Gimpo Airport to Jeju Airport.

A number of years later, on Sunday at Muan Worldwide Airport, the identical aircraft crash landed on the tarmac and careened right into a brick wall.

It exploded in an unlimited fireball, killing all however two of the 181 onboard in a devastating disaster.

Authorities and family members of the crash victims are camped out on the airport as officers try and ID the physique components of these killed.

One heartbroken man on the scene requested police: “Are you able to promise that they are going to be put again collectively?”

Officers are believed to have recovered greater than 600 physique components as they cope with the aftermath of the horror crash.

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South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport – who dished out the advantageous to Jeju Air in 2021, stated: “It’s a violation of security rules to fly with out correctly checking for injury to part of the plane.”

One member, Park Yong-gap, added: “Particularly, the plane concerned on this accident had a collision accident three years in the past whereas taking off.

“Yesterday, Jeju Air stated that it had no accident historical past in any respect. Isn’t {that a} false rationalization?”

Jeju Air hit again, claiming: “The accident three years in the past was so minor that we categorized it as a non-accident beneath the Aviation Act and stated that there was no accident historical past.

“We’ve paid the complete advantageous and accomplished all inspections and upkeep, and at the moment are working usually.”

Critical questions are being requested about whether or not Sunday’s crash – the worst aviation incident to hit South Korea in many years – might have been prevented.

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Devastated households are demanding to see their relative’s our bodies.

Anger has been directed at police, who say they’re taking their time to fastidiously establish victims.

Police superintendent common Na Gained reassured households they have been making their finest efforts to gather and match as many our bodies as attainable, stories BBC.

Lee Jin-cheol, the Administrator of the Busan Regional Aviation Administration, stated till now fingerprints had been used to ID our bodies.

He added: “However we have now almost reached the restrict, and there are instances of errors occurring.

“Any more, we’ll seemingly should depend on DNA testing.”

Amongst these killed have been three generations of the identical household.

A person in his 60s advised Korean Yonhap information company that his sister-in-law, daughter, her husband and their younger youngsters had died.

All these on board the flight are thought to have been Korean besides for 2 Thai nationals -one of whom was a 22-year-old girl known as Sirithon Chaue.

Tragically, her mom was ready for her on the airport when the aircraft crashed landed.

Chaue’s uncle advised how she was going to go to her mum, who lives in South Korea, and hoped to discover a job there.

He added: “She all the time dreamed of working there as an air hostess.

“Her mom was ready on the airport and at first she thought the aircraft malfunction was minor. However then she noticed the movies of what occurred on social media. She was in shock and panic.”

5 of these killed have been youngsters beneath the age of ten.

Amongst them was a three-year-old boy, who is known to have been killed alongside his dad and mom as they returned from their first household vacation.

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