カテゴリー: South Korea plane crash
MPs vote to investigate crash amid accusations from victims’ relatives of cover-ups and delaysSouth Korea’s parliament has launched an independent inquiry into the deadliest air disaster on its soil amid accusations of investigation delays and cover-up…
An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong. All 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated, with three s…
All 176 people onboard escaped safely after blaze began inside Airbus jet preparing to take off from Gimhae airportAn Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan has caught fire on a runway at Gimhae international airport in the country’s …
Plane appears to have hit ducks before it crashed in Muan, South Korea, last month killing 179 people onboardAn investigation into the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil has found duck remains in both engines, according to a preliminary report…
Recording of flight data ceased four minutes before Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people, says transport ministryFlight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air plane that crashed in South Korea in December, killing 179 people, stopped recordi…
Recording of flight data ceased four minutes before Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people, says transport ministryFlight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air plane that crashed in South Korea in December, killing 179 people, stopped recordi…
The 179 people who died were aged between three and 78 and came from South Korea and ThailandThe 181 people who boarded Jeju Air flight 7C2216 in Bangkok on Sunday were no different from the millions who fly on commercial aircraft every day: children o…
Pressure builds on authorities to establish cause of crash which killed 179 peoplePolice 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 opera…
Authorities hope for vital clues as contents of cockpit recorder are converted into audio formatInvestigators in South Korea have extracted data from one of two “black boxes” retrieved from a Jeju Air plane that crashed shortly after landing on Sunday,…
Experts hope flight recorders will provide answers to key questions surrounding crash in which 179 diedAs investigators set to work unpicking the cause of Sunday’s devastating plane crash in South Korea, the black boxes carried on the aircraft will be …
Jeju Air flight burst into flames when it hit barrier at end of runway after crash-landing at Muan internationalSouth Korean authorities seeking answers to the country’s deadliest plane disaster are investigating the role of a hardened barrier at the e…
Authorities announce investigation as shocked citizens enter second day of official mourningSouth Korea has launched an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, and a separate check of all Boeing 737-800s, after 179 peopl…
Relatives’ representative also says Jeju Air must do everything it can to help families financially. This live blog is closedFull report: South Korea in mourningChoi orders transport ministry to conduct emergency safety inspection of country’s entire a…