GWANGJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Funerals for five more victims of the fatal Jeju Air plane crash were held in the southwestern city of Gwangju and nearby areas on Friday, after the first four of the 179 victims killed in Sunday’s disaster were laid to rest in services the previous day. Grieving bereaved families [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok directed the government on Thursday to expedite the provision of emergency living expenses to the families of victims of the tragic plane crash that claimed 179 lives. Choi’s order comes after the Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, belly-landed and exploded at an airport in [...]
GWANGJU, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The first funeral for the victims of the fatal Jeju Air plane crash was held Thursday, five days after the disaster at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea claimed the lives of 179 people. The first funeral for the victim, whose identity was withheld, occurred at a funeral [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Thursday raided Muan International Airport, the office of Jeju Air and other locations over the airline’s deadly crash that killed 179 people. The Jeonnam Provincial Police conducted search and seizure operations into the airport in southwest South Korea, the Seoul office of Jeju Air and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday directed the government to address necessary improvements to the airline operation system, as the country mourns a tragic plane crash that claimed 179 lives. Choi’s order comes after the Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, belly-landed and exploded at an airport in the [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of 174 of the 179 people killed in this week’s Jeju Air plane crash have tentatively been identified, the land ministry said Tuesday. During a briefing for victims’ families at Muan International Airport in the county 288 kilometers south of Seoul, the ministry said it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A special inspection to ensure the safety of military aircraft is under way as the defense ministry has ordered the military to examine all aircraft following the fatal Jeju Air crash, officials said Tuesday. The Navy has kicked off a safety inspection that will run through Saturday to examine [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of investigators from the U.S. government and aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. have arrived at the site of the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport to participate in the investigation into the incident, Seoul officials said Tuesday. According to Seoul’s transport ministry, one member from the U.S. Federal Aviation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A Jeju Air flight that took off in South Korea on Monday has returned to the airport of departure due to the same landing gear issue that was found in a deadly crash involving a separate aircraft of the same model the previous day, according to industry sources. Jeju Air Flight [...]