The Jeju Air plane, which was carrying 181 people, veered off the runway and into a wall before bursting into flames. Two crew members pulled from the wreckage were the only survivors, with 179 people now confirmed dead.
Monday 30 December 2024 13:20, UK
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South Korean officials are looking for the cause of plane crash that killed 179 people, in one of the deadliest disasters in the country's aviation history.
The government has also said that it will inspect all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines.
Sunday's crash has sent a shock wave through the country, which is already facing a political crisis that led to the successive impeachments of the country's top two officials - President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Han Duk-soo.
Here's what we know:
Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 had departed from Bangkok and was making its landing at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea.
After an initial failed landing attempt, the Boeing 737-800 plane received a bird strike warning from the ground control centre.
The pilot then issued a distress signal before the plane came down with its front landing gear closed, overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete wall and burst into a fireball.
Transport Ministry officials said they would examine whether the wall the plane hit should have been made with lighter materials.
What do we know about the victims?
Only two people, who were both crew members, survived and were rescued from the plane's tail section.
One of the survivors was treated for fractures to his ribs, shoulder blade and upper spine. Ju Woong, director of the Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital who treated him, said.
The passengers were predominantly South Korean, although they included two Thai nationals.
The Transport Ministry said authorities had identified 146 bodies and are collecting DNA and fingerprint samples from the other 33.
Our national correspondent Tom Parmenter explains more...
After hearing about the plane crash on the news, Kim Boe-ae and her four-year-old daughter travelled from Seoul to pay their respects to the victims.
The 39-year-old said she was shocked to see such a serious incident in South Korea.
"I thought it wasn't my country. When I found out it was our country I was so shocked. It's so heartbreaking," she said.
"A whole family lost everything in an accident like that. That's what is so sad and unfortunate.
"As someone with a family of my own, if my family were to be like that, I don't think I could live."
Our Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch has been at the site of the plane crash in South Korea this morning.
The runway at Muan International Airport has been covered in aeroplane seats, magazines and damaged equipment.
"We have watched as the army has slowly, quietly and painfully sifted through the wreckage to try to gather any evidence they can," Lynch says.
"In the distance you can see the tail of the plane but so much of the aircraft has been destroyed."
Away from South Korea, another plane has suffered a "suspected landing gear issue".
The Air Canada Express flight experienced a difficult landing in Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia on Saturday night, though no injuries were reported.
Spokesperson for the airline Peter Fitzpatrick said the Bombardier Q400 plane experienced a "suspected landing gear issue" after arrival and was unable to reach the terminal.
The incident temporarily halted flight activity at the airport.
Passenger Nikki Valentine said she felt a "massive rumble" upon landing, and saw "sparks and flames" coming from the plane.
The flight was carrying 73 passengers from St John's, Newfoundland.
The incident is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Officials and aviation experts have said a landing gear malfunction appears likely in the South Korea plane crash.
By Cordelia Lynch, Asia correspondent
At Muan International Airport, we witnessed the cruel choreography of a national tragedy playing out on a very acute and horrifying level for the families of the dead.
Relatives look exhausted. Some have slept on the terminal floor, desperately waiting for official confirmation.
Then suddenly a man comes to the microphone and starts to read out the list of eight individuals and asks their families to go to gate one.
Relatives quickly huddle together and rush outside to a bus that's waiting to take them to the mortuary.
It is a gruesome process ahead for them. Many of the bodies are in very poor condition. Many can only be identified through DNA testing and fingerprints.
As they wait to board the bus, a group of women start to weep. It is an outpouring of grief in a society that prioritises privacy. Most are simply too upset to talk.
But at a briefing, frustration is bulling over. Some relatives are shouting at officials, angry that they鈥檝e still not been able to see their loved one's bodies.
The official tells them they are sorting through more than 600 body parts and are trying hard to avoid any mistakes. It is an uncomfortable truth that's hard for many to hear.
South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused Sunday's plane crash that killed 179 people.
The nation is in shock over the disaster, with many observers worrying about how effectively the government will handle the aftermath following the successive impeachments of President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minster Han Duck-soo.
New acting President Choi Sang-mok has presided over a task force meeting on the crash and instructed the Transport Ministry and police to launch investigations into its cause.
He also ordered the ministry to implement an emergency review of the country's overall aircraft operation systems.
Emergency crews are still at the crash site, where they are working to clear debris.
Here are some of the latest photos from the scene...
Around 68,000 flight reservations have been cancelled in South Korea following Sunday's plane crash, according to local media reports.
Yonhap News Agency said more than 33,000 cancellations were for domestic flights, while 34,000 were for international routes.
Citing industry sources, it said the travel sector was closely monitoring the situation.
It also reported that local travel agencies had reported a spike in cancellations of tour packages in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Bereaved families of South Korea's deadly plane crash have urged officials to recover the bodies of their loved ones as best as they can.
Park Han Shin, a representative for victims' families, has asked the government to send more experts to help with the recovery.
Park also called on the South Korean airline, Jeju Air, to come up with a monetary reparation plan for victims including children who have lost parents.
"The only way for bereaved families to feel that (Jeju Air) has done everything it can is for it to help bereaved families financially," he said.
"There are only kids left and how can they live on their own? This is something neither the province officials nor the government can help with."
The crash marked the country's worst aviation disaster in decades.
The Boeing 737-800 plane operated by Jeju Air skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport, slammed into a wall and burst into a fireball.
The incident on Sunday killed all but two of the 181 people aboard.
Our Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch has visited a memorial set up for the victims of the plane crash in South Korea.
She says there has been a steady stream of people coming to pay their respects, but frustration is growing among the families of the 179 people killed.
A total of 141 victims have been identified, leaving many families still waiting for confirmation of their loved ones' fate.
"The process of identifying those bodies as been slow, some of them say. They are waiting now for the results from some DNA tests and they want to see the authorities and the government to be more public in their outreach," Lynch says.
"They want to see their loved ones' bodies released so they can hold funerals but unfortunately, because of the state of some of the bodies, the authorities say they are not yet able to do that."
You can watch her report below...
