Saturday18 January 2025
nbn.in.ua

A passenger plane has crashed in South Korea, and nearly all passengers and crew members are believed to be deceased.

At Muan Airport in the southwest of South Korea, an aircraft carrying 181 people on board crashed during landing.
В Южной Корее произошла катастрофа пассажирского самолета. Почти все пассажиры и члены экипажа, по предварительным данным, погибли.
Спасатели работают возле обломков пассажирского самолета в международном аэропорту в Муане в Южной Корее, 29 декабря 2024 года

This is reported by Yonhap.

The plane crash occurred on Sunday, December 29, when a Jeju Air flight was landing after arriving from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

Updated at 8:22. Rescuers have now confirmed that 122 people have died. All those missing are also presumed dead, and the search operation is ongoing.

Two individuals have been rescued—a passenger and a crew member. They are currently in the hospital.

In total, there were 175 passengers and six crew members on board the aircraft. Most of the passengers were Koreans, with the exception of two Thai citizens.