South Korea rival parties form plane crash task force
South Korea's rival parties agreed Tuesday to form a joint task force to probe the recent Jeju Air plane crash that left 179 people dead, as the transport minister offered to resign over the tragedy.With the exact cause of the crash still unknown,
South Korea plane crash investigators reveal initial clues found at site of deadly tragedy
South Korea plane crash investigators reveal initial clues found at site of deadly tragedy - The Boeing 737-800 crash-landed and skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport, killing 179 people
South Korea plane crash: Police raid Muan Airport and Jeju Air office
Authorities also raided the regional aviation office in Muan, part of Busan’s aviation administration. Read also: Black box data recovered in South Korea’s deadliest plane crash; another sent to U.S.
S. Korea rival parties form plane crash task force despite political turmoil
South Korea's ruling and opposition parties agreed on Tuesday to form a joint parliamentary task force to probe the recent Jeju Air plane crash that left 179 people dead.The opposition Democratic Party also confirmed to AFP Tuesday it has "agreed" to form a joint probe team with the PPP to look into the tragic case.
South Korea extends shutdown of Muan airport due to crash probe
South Korea's government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to Jan. 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air jet that killed 179 passengers on board.
South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179
South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed nearly 180 people on board, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades.
Survivor of South Korea plane crash is awake and speaking: Hospital official
A flight attendant, one of just two survivors of the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea on Sunday that killed 179 people, is awake and talking, a hospital official said.
Anger and Agony in South Korea After Plane Crash-Lands, Killing 179
A Jeju Air passenger jet carrying 181 people from Bangkok sped off the runway and burst into flames. Two crew were rescued in what was the country’s worst air disaster in decades.
South Korea plane crash is the deadliest in a year marked by several fatal aviation accidents
The deadliest accident in aviation history occurred in 1977, when two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided on a foggy runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 of the 644 people on board the planes. Spanish investigators blamed the captain of the KLM 747 for taking off without clearance from air traffic controllers.
Aviation expert suggests ‘sinister’ cause of South Korea’s Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179
Ultimately, the plane crashed, killing 179 people in South Korea’s worst aviation disaster. A standard pre-flight inspection found “no issues” with the Jeju Air passenger plane before it crashed.
Plane crash in South Korea leaves 179 dead, 2 survivors, officials say
A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing ...
South Korea plane crash: why Muan International Airport is under scanner
Several questions have been raised over the Jeju Air plane crash that claimed 179 lives at Muan International Airport on ...