Korean Air passengers recall near-disaster at Tokyo airport
28 May 2016 2:36 PM IST28 May 2016 2:36 PM IST
All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated safely from the Korean Air Boeing 77.
Passengers of a Korean Air plane recalled the terrifying moment one of the aircraft's twin engines caught fire as it was gaining speed for take-off at Tokyo's Haneda airport.- The South Korean transport ministry sent a team of investigators to Japan on Friday to assist the local authorities in determining the cause of the accident.
- TV footage showed the plane, which was bound for South Korea's Gimpo International, surrounded by red fire trucks and with the area around its left wing doused in foam.
- Kim Byung-Jin, 47, had a bandage over his forehead from a cut he suffered when he bumped into another passenger as they were coming down an evacuation slide.
- Another passenger Hwang Kyung-Tae, 59, said the plane screeched to a halt after the explosion.
- Crew members calmly led passengers into safety, Keum said.
- 'As the plane was picking up speed to take off, there was a bang and I saw a plume of black smoke rising from the wing,' Keum Min-Woo, 34, told journalists after the passengers arrived in Seoul on an alternative flight.
- All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated safely from the Korean Air Boeing 777, escaping down the plane's inflatable emergency evacuation slides onto the runway.
Passengers of a Korean Air plane recalled the terrifying moment one of the aircraft\'s twin engines caught fire as it was gaining speed for take-off at Tokyo\'s Haneda airport.
All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated safely from the Korean Air Boeing 77.
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