South Korean authorities say at least 179 people died when a passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after skidding off a runway and slamming into a concrete fence. The Jeju Air jet carrying 181 people, was returning from Bangkok.
In photos: South Korea plane crash
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Firefighters carry the body of a passenger from the wreckage of a Jeju aircraft that crashed after it went off the runway at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, Dec. 29, 2024.
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Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae (3rd-R) and other executive members bow in apology ahead of a briefing in Seoul, Dec. 29, 2024,
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Rescue workers work at the Jeju air plane crash site at Muan International Airport, Dec. 29, 2024.
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People listen as an official discloses the additional names of passengers who died in the plane crash at Muan International Airport, Dec. 29, 2024.
