The death toll for what amounted to be South Korea's most fatal plane crash in decades stands at 179 people on Monday, a day after the disaster gripped the nation already in intense political turmoil.

Fireball: South Korea probes plane crash that left only two survivors Investigators from the NTSB and Boeing were expected to join the investigation into South Korea's deadliest air crash.

South Korea plane crash live: The Boeing air plane model 737-800, manufactured in 2009, has a history of accidents, according to The Korea Times. The plane model operated by China Eastern Airlines ...

Scores of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the aircraft careening down the runway on its belly before bursting into ...

South Korea’s national fire agency confirmed that 179 people were killed in the crash, making it the deadliest airline disaster of the year and what appeared to be Jeju Air’s first fatal ...

South Korean soldiers are seen near the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport, Dec. 29, 2024 in Muan-gun, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images ...

South Korea is in a state of mourning after a plane crash killed 179 people in what is now being called one of the country’s worst aviation disasters. Only two people survived the accident.

The plane, Flight 7C2216, had taken off from Bangkok and was landing at Muan International Airport in South Korea’s southwest when it crashed around 9 a.m. local time.

South Korean officials ordered safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines as they seek to determine what caused a plane crash that killed 179 people a day ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country ...

The plane involved in the crash, a Boeing 737-800, is also equipped with a backup system that allows the pilots to manually release the landing gear, if needed.