Topline
A Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea became the country’s deadliest plane disaster in decades Sunday, killing 179 people with only two survivors and shocking the country and world, prompting an investigation into whether bird strikes, weather or other issues caused the crash.
The Jeju Air plane crash killed 179 people in South Korea on Sunday. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via … [+]
Key Facts
Jeju Air flight 7C 2216, a Boeing 737-800, crashed just after 9 a.m. Sunday, minutes after an air control tower issued a bird strike warning to the pilot.
The flight crashed at Muan International Airport in the southwestern corner of…