All but two feared dead after South Korea plane crashes with 181 aboard

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead.

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People watch a television screen broadcasting footage of an airplane crash at Muan international airport, at a train station in Seoul on December 29. 2024. A plane carrying 181 people crashed at Muan international airport in South Korea on December 29, killing at least 29 people, authorities told AFP. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)

2024-12-29 13:55:53

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead.

A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash that flung passengers out of the plane and left it "almost completely destroyed", according to fire officials.

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