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Firefighters and rescue team members investigate near the wreckage of an airliner at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, 29.12.2024

Video. South Koreans mourn 179 people who died in plane crash

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Rescue workers and investigators have been combing the site at Muan airport, south of Seoul, where the Boeing 737 that had flown from Bangkok crashed.

The disaster claimed the lives of all but two of the 181 people on board the Jeju Air flight, making it the worst air tragedy in South Korea for decades.

The incident occurred against the backdrop of a political crisis marked by the impeachment of South Korean leaders.

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