On December 29, a topic about the actions of Jeju Air, the airline responsible for the recent tragic plane crash with 120 confirmed deaths (so far), was posted on the Korean forum “theqoo,” attracting enormous attention.
The topic cited a post from the SNS X (formerly Twitter) platform, which exposed Jeju Air’s action. In particular, despite being directly responsible for the tragic accident, Jeju Air published the CEO’s apologies on its website, immediately leaving the scene without even holding a briefing and even declaring that it would not answer questions.
Meanwhile, firefighters and public officials, who are doing their best to provide relief at the scene, have to endure the anger of the grieving families without any protection from the party directly involved.
As a result, netizens expressed their anger, with some even comparing the situation to Itaewon Halloween Crowd Crush and commenting that even the responsible party at the time failed to properly address the issue, leaving the firefighters with all the burden.
Below are some comments from netizens:
- It was the same in Itaewon. All those responsible hid and left everything to the firefighters. What are they doing?
- Jeju Air is really disgusting
- The answer is simply to boycott Jeju Air.
- It’s so disgusting. Jeju Air’s crisis management is beyond chaos. It’s no different than a disaster. The basic theory is that the highest level requires the CEO to come out, bow his head, apologize, take responsibility and bring a response manual. But he knows nothing and says he will do everything step by step, and then runs away.
- My heart was in so much pain as I watched the briefing…
Meanwhile, on the morning of December 29, at around 9:07 am, a Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok crashed while attempting to land at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. South, causing numerous victims.
It has since been confirmed that most of the victims were families and young children returning from a Christmas trip to Bangkok, Thailand.
