Police searches come as aviation authorities are probing the cause of the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil. Police in South Korea have raided Muan international airport, the offices of Jeju Air and a regional aviation body amid investigations into the deadliest-ever air disaster on South Korean soil. The Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency carried…
South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said Wednesday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis. The plane was carrying 181 people from Thailand on Sunday when it issued a mayday call and belly-landed…
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol will be arrested before a warrant issued over his short-lived declaration of martial law expires next week, the country’s chief anticorruption investigator has said. Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, told reporters on Wednesday that the arrest warrant against Yoon would be executed…
Officials say all 179 victims from deadliest crash on South Korean soil have been identified. Investigators probing the deadly crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea have recovered the initial data from one of the aircraft’s black boxes, officials have said. Joo Jong-wan, deputy minister for civil aviation, said on Wednesday that the…
South Korea ordered on Monday a “comprehensive inspection” of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s carriers, after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, killing 179 people on board. US air safety officials and staff from the beleaguered aircraft maker Boeing were arriving to join investigators probing the worst air disaster…
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…
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…
At least 120 people have been killed when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and slamming into a concrete fence at a South Korean airport. Two crew members were rescued after the accident that occurred on Sunday at 9:03am local time (00:03 GMT). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The crash occurred as the Jeju Air flight from Bangkok, Thailand, landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea. At least 47 people have been reported killed when a passenger plane veered off the runway and crashed at an airport in the South Korean city of Muan, according to reports. The accident…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Some members of Yoon’s own conservative People Power Party provided crucial votes backing the impeachment. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been impeached by the National Assembly over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that plunged South Korea into political turmoil halfway through his presidency. The unicameral National Assembly…
