we have new information from the land and transportation ministry, and they're saying that this investigation could take up to two, potentially three years. there will be, of course, so much pressure on the ministry to come up with some sort of solution or statement as to what went wrong here, because we find ourselves in south korea and the context of a country that has gone through martial law for six hours on december 3rd into the morning of december 4th, we're on our third person who is exercising presidential powers. you know, the country has been so through so much. to add this, on top of everything, right after the christmas season, as we approach the new year, you know, it is weighing heavily on so many across south korea. kim. yeah, absolutely. >> listen, mike, i want to because most people may not know too much about the the airline itself as well as the the area in which it happens. so so give us a bit more context about jeju and about muan where this crash happened. >> sure. so muan, it's one of the smaller cities in south korea. but jeju air. it was founded in 2005. it is the lar

the transport ministry says the plane was returning from bangkok and its passengers included two thails. this is considered to be one of the deadliest aviation disasters in south korean history. again, if you're just joining us, at least 85 people are dead after a large passenger plane skidded off a south korean airport runway, hitting a fence and then bursting into flames. officials say 181 people were on board at the time, and that almost everyone on board was killed. they also confirmed that at least two people have been rescued. once again, here is new video showing that moment of impact. you can see that the plane appears to scrape along the runway at a high rate of speed, before it then crashes into a concrete barrier and explodes into flames. right now, officials believe the plane's landing gear appears to have malfunctioned. an investigation is underway to determine what exactly led to the crash. this is a developing story. we will, of course, bring you the very latest as we learn it. i'm s. elon musk leading the charge in favor of them using colorful language online respondin

the transport ministry says the plane was returning from bangkok and its passengers included two thaie plane is believed to be a 15 year old boeing 737 jet. boeing, offering its condolences to the families affected. this is considered to be one of the deadliest aviation disasters in south korean history. again, if you're just joining us, at least 120 people are dead after a large passenger plane skidded off a south korean airport runway and then hit a fence and burst into flames. officials are saying 181 people were on board the plane at the time, and that most of them on that plane were likely killed. they also confirmed at least two people were rescued. once again, here is new video showing the moment of impact. you can see the plane as it appears to scrape along at a very high rate of speed, before it, then crashes into a concrete barrier and explodes into flames. right now, officials believe the plane's landing gear appears to have malfunctioned, and an investigation is underway to try and determine exactly what led to the crash. this is a developing story. we'll bring you the lat

an senior south korean transport ministry official says the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recordersave been recovered and will be scrutinized by government aviation experts. at the airport, family members grieved as officials announced the name of some victims. the airline's ceo apologized to the victims' families. this man is mourning the death of his daughter, who he said was in her mid-40s. south korea's acting president declared the area of the crash a special disaster zone. at the vatican, pope francis expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the air disaster. cristian benavides, cbs news. >>> palestinian civil defense says at least seven people were killed when an israeli air strike hit the top floor of a hospital in gaza on sunday. israel says it was targeting a hamas control center inside the hospital. cbs' holly williams reports that for civilians in gaza, the situation is growing more desperate. >> reporter: in the gaza strip, 2024 has been an entire year of war. a year of loss, grief, and anger with the outside world. for standing by as the air strikes rai

we have more information today, particularly from the transport ministry that there was... through a flock of birds and some of them get into the engines and can cause a stall orflame get into the engines and can cause a stall or flame losing power, —— flameout, losing power, —— flameout, losing power, but that doesn't normally end up in the sort of crash so it is apparent there are more factors involved. why did the plane land without deploying its landing gear? why was it landing so fast? why halfway down the runway at speed? there was no room for it to slow down before it hit these obstacles at the end of these obstacles at the end of the runway and burst into flames. we are in very early stages of the investigation, as you said in your introduction. still reallyjust recovering bodies and human remains from the scene behind me.— and human remains from the scene behind me. what about the families who _ scene behind me. what about the families who are _ scene behind me. what about the families who are waiting - scene behind me. what about the families who are waiting for -

initial inspections by the transport ministry suggest that the aircraft did not appear to have time tonding. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie is at the scene from where she sent this report — and a warning that there are some distressing images from the start. i'm joined now by our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes who is at muan international airport. what more can you tell us this morning? figs what more can you tell us this morning?— what more can you tell us this mornin? a , ., morning? as you may be able to see behind _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me that _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me that as _ morning? as you may be able to see behind me that as the - morning? as you may be able to see behind me that as the childl see behind me that as the child tail section of thejeju air seven 37 that crashed here yesterday that is all that remains of the planes as it burst into flames and a huge fireball when it struck what it really struck was not the wall as you can see the wall is still intact what it struck

south korea's transport ministry says a control tower warned the plane against possible bird strikes and the pilot sent out a distress signal shortly before the crash. the u.s. sent a team of investigators led by the national transportation safety board to assist. in a post on x, boeing said they were in contact with jeju air and extended their condolences. the disaster comes as seoul is embroiled in an unprecedented political crisis, triggered by successive impeachments of the country's top two officials. the deputy prime minister choi sang-mok is now the acting president. he expressed his sympathy to those grieving and declared the crash area a "special disaster zone." >> [translated] i offer my deepest condolences to those who tragically lost their lives. i feel an indescribable sorrow and profound regret. we are fully mobilizing all possible resources with all ministries, the local governments, and relevant associations to dedicate every effort to recovery and support for those who received the harm. ali: but amid political turmoil, some residents are uncertain about how the gove

south korea's transport ministry said it plans to look into whether that concrete wall which surrounds antennas should have been made with the lighter materials. they will also conduct inspections of roughly 100 boeing 7.37. 800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines. >> and do a review of jj air safety standards, the ceo j, air pow in an apology and said his condolences to the families. he said it's hard to presume the cause of the accident before the investigation is completed. >> emergency officials said early on that investigators are looking into whether a 3rd strike are deteriorating. weather conditions contributed to the crash victims. families criticize the south korean government's response fact the most important thing at the moment is the victim's dignity in the fact that they need to be treated well. the government had promised to provide ice trucks and freezer containers in order prevent the bodies from tyranny. >> but their bodies are just being kept inside the hangar. the freezer containers are not prepared yet. their bodies are deteriorating. >> their dignity is be

a bit more information today, particularly from the transport ministry, saying that there was that distress land, and had said there had been some kind of bird strike. now, bird strike is when a plane flies through a flock of birds and some of the birds get ingested into the engines, and they can then cause the engines to stall, or indeed to flame out, to lose power. and, you know, if you're in final approach to to a runway, that can cause a very dangerous situation, but it doesn't normally end up in this sort of crash. so its apparent that there are more factors involved here. why did the plane land without deploying its landing gear? why was it a belly landing? why was it landing so fast? why did it land halfway down the runway at speed, meaning there was really no room for it to slow down before it hit these obstacles at the end of the runway and then burst into flames? so this investigation is going to be very difficult. they have recovered the flight recorders. that's the voice, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. those will be key to understanding what happened in

the transport ministry officials have said their early assessment of communication records say the airportssued a bird strike warning shortly before it planned to land and give the pilot permission to land in a different area. the pilot sent out a distress single shortly before the pilot went pasted the runway and skidded past the buffer zone at the airport. so they informed the plane there was a risk they might hit some birds on landing and gave them the option to land somewhere else? yes. they were given that. but still what we saw was a plane landing on a belly landing without its landing gear operating. and then the plane hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the plane was almost completely destroyed by this explosion with from what i saw on site just a few hours ago, the tail part retaining a little bit of shape and the rest of the plane looks almost impossible to recognise. i am still smelling a lot of aviation fuel here at the airport. this was a large explosion that the authorities are still trying to investigate the actual cause. it is extraordinary as we look at the footage of

and we have heard from the, from the transport ministry that extra evidence has been gathered from the sea and the crash overnights. in addition to the black box, white record is a with a retreat very soon to the crash site. x for evidence has not been sent away for examinations. the and investigators and also reveals that they play naturally landed on the wrong way. ones the down, the link to the wrong way. now i think it's generally accepted that even though it isn't, that we're going to lat pull the the length of the runway with the long enough for this type of backups. but tragically, what seems to have happened was that the cross right now, so if you run away it's over shots and then crashed through the battery, which then resulted in the disintegration of the craft in the catastrophic explosion and fire. meanwhile, the acting president of south korea choice 2nd law has promised that meeting of the meeting this morning and so that the uh, investigation will be cetera. and transparency says one thing to get downstairs as quickly as possible to the families was bound to exactly what

the transport ministry saying the plane was returning from bangkok and its passengers included two thai nationals. the plane is believed to be a 15 year old boeing 737 jet. boeing is offering its condolences to those families affected. this is considered to be one of the deadliest aviation disasters in south korean history. again, if you're just joining us, at least 120 people are dead after a large passenger plane skidded off a south korean airport runway and then hit a concrete fence, bursting into flames. officials say 181 people were on board at the time, and that most everyone on board was killed. they also confirmed at least two people were rescued. once again, here is that new video showing the moment of impact. again, we want to warn you it might be hard to watch. you can see the plane appears to scrape along the runway, going at a pretty high rate of speed before it crashes into a concrete barrier and then explodes into flames. right now, officials believe the plane's landing gear appears to have malfunctioned. an investigation is now underway to determine exactly what led to t

according to the south korean transport ministry, there wasn't enough time on the ground to make preparationsn international airport in the country's south. it skidded off the runway, smashed into a concrete a wall and exploded into flames. much of the boeing 737 was reduced to metalfragments. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is at muan international airport. here's the latest. as you may be able to see behind me that is the charred tail section of thejeju air 737 that crashed here yesterday. that is all that remains of the plane as it burst into flames and a huge fireball when it struck, what it really struck was not the wall as you can see the wall is still intact, what it struck was the instrument landing system which is a large steel structure used to guide planes into the airport. as it came off the end of the runway, it smashed into that large steel structure and that is what destroyed the plane and meant none of the passengers had any chance of surviving. you may also be able to see behind me here, large numbers of fire crews, and also many soldiers, many soldiers out here

we got regular updates twice a day from the transport ministry. we just had the lights as well and basically detailing the but where the investigation is up to the processing of the black box . uh, data record is also more evidence being recovered from the c overnight which will be examined. so no, we don't, they've been told exactly what evidence that is all those they all in saying that some of the flight loved books from the, from the craft have been recovered. and we also do that role. so highlighting the different partners who are helping them, such as boeing from the united states. the fact that there are a 101 of the boeing jets of this particular type operating in south korea. all those needs to be checked this week. i'm really focusing repeating the same sequence of events that were wondering about the potential bird strikes, followed by the crash and then the main question would still needs to be answered. the cost is why there was no landing gate deployed on the cross. the former us president jimmy costa has died of the age of $100.00 t

we are hearing from the transportation ministry that public transport will also function as normal. so it doesn't seem that daily life for a south, koreans will be terribly impacted as a result of this late night approximation. but in terms of what, how the military and the police now that they're kind of stuck in the middle between the president's declaration and the national assembly, calling for it's notification. how they react to a large groups of people gathering to protests, which is again banned under martial law of that we will have to watch and see if if this does intensify in the coming days. your news. thank you very much for the moment eunice can live there in. so where as you can see on the left hand side of the screen, people have gathered outside the national assembly hold to protest the decision by the president who declared uh who did lead. marshall know earlier today aside team concerns about the opposition whom he called sympathizes of the communist regime in north korea. he announced this declaration about a few hours ago which then led to police blocking off th

rob, so the transport ministry has been briefing the media this evening. what are the latest updates? and that's why we just had the regular briefing as this class investigation gets on the way we know that the focus of the investigation will be looking at this possibility of a bird strike. we know that's a warning of a boat start, was issued from the control towers this have forwarded about the time of the crash . that will also be a focus, though on why the landing gear rebecca craft was not to deployed. whether that was what the problem was, the rules that about and there's been no further details given on those 2 lines of inquiry. bits at the southeast have set that up to continuing the search of the wreckage sides. more potential evidence has been taken full examination in addition to the costs of the 2 black box flight recorders, which now be processed. we also heard that at the, at craft had actually landed one so that the way down the runway, i think it's, it's generally accepted that the runway here move on is a long enough for this type of aircra

so, south korea's transport ministry is saying some of the country's other airports have similar localisersresident has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system. what will that likely involve? it would certainly involve looking at anything that might be in these clear zones, and it could relocate or reconstruct the way these localisers are installed. that'll be very important. and then one also presumes that there's going to be a look at how you keep birds away from the ends of the runway. this is, of course, a big problem over in the united states, and other safety issues with the airlines themselves. aviation consultant scott hamilton. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin ra mjaun. hello there. we start with the football, which continues later with three more games in the english premier league on monday, among them aston villa hosting brighton. both sides have slipped down the table in recent weeks. chelsea travel to ipswich. the blues can go back into second with a win. a

into areas that may have exacerbated the situation for one thing, the planes themselves, the transport ministry is going to inspect all 101 boeing 737 800's that are operated by domestic carriers, that was the plane involved in the crash and a spokesperson for the transport ministry said they will focus on some questions about problems that they had with some of the landing gear. another aircraft returned to its departure airport, turned around and landed back because they reported there was some issue with the landing gear just as a precaution. they will focus on that, maintenance of the air crash, the transport officials said that jeju air is known to have a higher utilization rate of its aircraft, operating the shorter turnaround times and comparable airlines, so they are going to look into that as well. the acting president is also ordering an overall overview and inspection of south korea's aviation system writ large. >> a lot of moving parts right now, the bird strike report, and the issue with landing gear not being deployed at least when we look at the images of the plane hitting the gr

the transport ministry says the plane was returning from bangkok and its passengers included two thai nationals. the plane is believed to be a 15 year old boeing 737 jet. boeing is offering its condolences to the families affected. this is considered to be one of the deadliest aviation disasters in south korean history. again, if you're just joining us, at least 167 people are dead after a large passenger plane skidded off a south korean airport runway, hitting a fence and then bursting into flames. officials say 181 people were on board at the time, and that most everyone on board was killed. they also confirmed at least two people were rescued once again. here is that new video showing the moment of impact. again, we want to warn you. it may be hard for you to watch, but you can see that the plane appears to scrape along the runway at a high rate of speed before it then crashes into a concrete barrier fence and explodes into flames. authorities say they have just found the plane's black box flight recorder, which could give clues to what caused the crash. we're also now learning fro

south korea's transport ministry said it plans to look into whether that concrete wall which surrounds antennas should have been made with the lighter materials. they will also conduct inspections of roughly 100 boeing 7.37. 800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines. >> and do a review of jj air safety standards, the ceo j to air pow in an apology and said his condolences to the families. he said it's hard to presume the cause of the accident before the investigation is completed. >> emergency officials said early on that investigators are looking into whether a 3rd striker deteriorating weather conditions contributed to the crash victims. families criticize the south korean government's response most important thing at the moment is the victim's dignity in the fact that they need to be treated well. the government had promised to provide ice trucks and freezer containers in order prevent the bodies from tyranny. >> but their bodies are just being kept inside the hangar. the freezer containers are not prepared yet. their bodies are deteriorating. >> their dignity is being severel

according to south korea transport ministry the control tower at milan international airport had warnedhat the plane about a possible bird strike. airport employees to local media there were many flocks of birds around the runway at the time. then, a few minutes later the pilot pilot issued a made a call they believe they struck the right while before the crash they are still be investigating. when the pilot could not put down the flaps of the landing gear. >> it's leading me too believe the pilot was probably very preoccupied with possibly multiple things happening at the same time to explain the airplane the crews flight configuration for it landing and coming in very hot. >> the president has apologized saying he feels fully responsible for the crash. official said the flight data recorder has been recovered and as you said ntsb is leading a team of u.s. investigators to help aviation authority in their investigation for now south korea acting president who only took office a couple of days ago on friday has declared a seven day mou morning. for the country. >> what do we know about

the transport ministry says the plane was returning from bangkok and passengers included two thai nationalsing 737 jet. boeing is offering its condolences to the families affected. this is considered to be one of the deadliest aviation disasters in south korean history. again, if you're just joining us, at least 179 people are dead after a large passenger plane skidded off a south korean airport runway, hitting a fence and then bursting into flames. officials say 181 people were on board at the time. at least two people were rescued and are said to have mild to severe injuries. once again, here's that new video that shows the moment of impact. again, we want to warn you may be hard to watch. you can see the plane as it appears to scrape along the runway at a high rate of speed before it then crashes into a barrier, exploding into flames. authorities say they've just found the plane's black box flight recorder, which could give clues as to what exactly caused the crash. we're also now learning from officials that the pilot issued a mayday call after a bird strike. officials also believe the

an emergency safety inspection of the country's airline operations system and the country's transport ministrywill inspect each of the country's boeing 737 800 planes. cnn correspondent mike valerio live at the airport in muan, south korea, where so much is having to be considered and there's so much emotion. mike. >> that's right. max. and i mean, the emotions are running high here, even though the sun has set. it is after it is nightfall now. and, you know, max, it is harrowing to be this close only a few meters away from the wreckage. and we're going to show you the tableau and zoom in to different parts of what we're seeing. first and foremost, the nexus point of this disaster zone is certainly the tail, the section where the two survivors were rescued. both of them are in seoul hospitals right now, and they're certainly part of the key to determining what exactly happened. now, we've been here for hours, max, and i can tell you there are still scores of people here, but there are hundreds max, hundreds of members of the military, people in forensic white coats analyzing parts of the debri

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an emergency safety inspection of the country's airline operations system, and the country's transport ministryays it will inspect each of the country's boeing 737 800 planes. meanwhile, flags in south korea are at half staff as the country grieves for the victims of the crash. families gathering at muan international airport, hoping for any information on the crash or their loved ones. >> she was almost home. she didn't feel the need to make a call. she thought she was coming home by the time she took out her phone. the plane probably was crashed. >> well, many families are camped out at the airport waiting for any news or updates on their loved ones. sydney's mike valerio is there. he filed this report. >> reporter what we see all around us, this would normally be the departures hall for muan international airport, but instead of families who would be gathered here getting ready to go on vacations to celebrate the new year, instead it's replaced with this. >> scores of families huddled together waiting for the latest information on when their family members could be positively identified by d

and once again, the various ministries, the transportation industry, the education ministry, they're putting out statements that everything will move forward as normal schools will open. public transportation will continue as usual. so i think in the grander scheme, regular life for north of south koreans has not been severely disrupted. but people will be watching very closely in terms of, of what the next steps will be at, at the highest levels of office of government power here and stuff for you units. thank you so much for your reporting. we will keep a close eye on all the developments and so with you, of course, throughout the day the night and of course tomorrow, uh here on out to 0 units came in. so let's go to our white house correspondent, once again kimberly hawk it because washington, i imagine obviously couldn't concerned about the situation in south korea and some senior us officials have been speaking i understand can be yeah, that's right. deputy secretary is state is one of the us officials, his name kurt campbell, a and he reports that the united states is watching t

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the transport ministry is going to inspect all 101 boeing 737-800s that are occupied or operated by koreanirlines just to check on their status, and they're also focusing on jeju air's maintenance, particularly any issues that may have emerged around landing gear, actually today, monday morning, there was another incident with a jeju aircraft where it took off from an airport in seoul and returned due to some problem with the landing gear. we don't know exactly why that was. so that's going to be a focus just on their maintenance practices. issues like that are going to be what officials are focusing on in the immediate term. >> yeah, but there's a long way to go before they have a resolution to what happened specifically. thank you so much, thomas, for giving us what you do know. >> back here at home, the south is recovering from a weekend of severe storms that left four people dead. rare december tornadoes ripped through five states from texas to georgia causing widespread damage and power outages. joining us from brandon, mississippi, is correspondent kathy park. welcome. so what is the

ministry. critical infrastructure has been damaged, leaving thousands without public transport and electricity. diplomatic missions to kyiv were also damaged. let's speak to michael bociurkiw, seniorfellow at the atlantic council. michael, great to have you on the programme again. in terms of your reaction, i know you've been speaking to a number of people there in kyiv. this was a huge attack, wasn't it? indeed. in a war where several red lines have already been crossed, this should be regarded as a pretty big one. we spoke to contacts in kyiv today and they said this was different than anything else they have experienced in terms of the power of the vibrations that they felt deep down in bomb shelters. but in terms of where it struck, this is the heart of the international business community in kyiv, and i hope that the business community will see it that way, that a red line has been crossed. maybe for the time being, deemphasise the reinvestment of rebuilding ukraine and focus more on how to push russia back before more damage is done. ramp up the sanctions a lot more, push ahead with war c

now again, we know that the ministry of transport is conduct the investigation as to what happened. exactly. it's, it's a miracle. even the fact that the, the worst survivor and begin with. and let's see if that number will rise, or if we'll see that the casualties are actually rising because people are so coming to their injuries at the hospital. of course, now this is what we know so far and, and we're just waiting to see more information on exactly what caused that christmas day for many people as we know. so just really tragic and just seeing that video is just a really horrifying thing to, to, to think about and experience. thank you. and the natural way of playing according to flying later it was circling the area. you can just imagine what those people were going for in that moment. just wait and see what will happen. but of course unfortunately it seems that the pilot couldn't, couldn't manage. and right art has made a customer have a marina. thank you. of the war against russians continues on and off the battlefield. 7 people, including 3 miners, had been detained by russia

and we have heard from the cause that ministry of transport confirmed the citizenship of those who were on board. and there was $37.00 advice on the citizens. 16 russians, 6 contacts and the 3 kirk is a citizen. so those were the people who are on board and we're finding out information as to who made it out alive and particularly foster that then comes the investigation to prob, into what occurred. and we know that the russian federal air transport agency has commented on potential causes that the crush. yes, they comments it then they definitely say that it seems that it was cause due to a collision with a flock of birds and not there in contact with the afford, sees and conflicts on trying to figure out exactly what happened. but we also here spoke to an aviation expert trying to figure out what went wrong, how could this have happened? and this is what they had to say. i have an impression that the plane was almost out of control and it was descending and seemed ready for landing. but in reality, the descent was too steep. only at the very last moment there seemed to be an attempt t

least more than a dozen fighter jets across that are stationed here, their helicopters, their ministry, it transport across which are stationed here as well. and as we've been with this thing here, multiple condo is a freshman forces. busy a come up from here, it's not yet clear how many russian troops stationed here, but according to the 2515 agreement with the assad government, russia is mean to maintain a permanent presence of its forces. here in syria on the outskirts it is all under the control of fight, is the highest that either sean, who or adam and to make it clear to us that they do not want to read the base or enter the base. but they are here to make sure that this area is under the protection and none of those remnants of yes i do if you are able to get out of this, say that this presence of russian troops and russian forces on the ground is really painful for them because they've been subjected to all of the bombings and the campaigns. many of them from this air base to their hometown. these probably does come from all over syria. and they said that they would like the government to an

what happened of the time i looked at the question, the, the, the, the of the now the contact ministry of transport has since confirmed the citizenship of those who were on board. now again, it was 67 people, including crew members. now who was on board and we had 37 eyes are based on the citizens of 16 russians. 6 cause locks and 3 curtis citizens and this hour we time confirmed that. 14 eyes are by johnny survive. 10 russians survive. so target citizens and 3, we don't know, the citizenship is yet, so makes up $29.00 and total and we are hearing that both pilots night. okay. and, and the russian federal air transport agency has no commented on potential the causes of this crash. well, you said it was a bird strike. what more details can you tell us? will they seem to confirm that it was indeed caused by a collision with a flock of birds and that the pilot then made the decision to divert the plane and go to the closest airport which was in a how caustic started. but of course, with the landing there, we saw that there was an issue there. we actually spoke to a navy ation export, trying to figure