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South Korea plane crash: police raid Muan airport and Jeju Air office

www.theguardian.com 02-01-2025 10:05 1 Minutes reading

Pressure builds on authorities to establish cause of crash which killed 179 people

Police in South Korea have raided Muan international airport, the scene of Sunday’s plane crash, in which 179 people died, as well as the office of the airline that operated the flight, media reports said.

Jeju Air flight 2216 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea when it issued a mayday call and belly-landed on the runaway, before crashing into a barrier and bursting into flames. Two flight attendants survived the crash, the worst aviation disaster on the country’s soil.

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