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Al Jazeera Staff

How did South Korea’s Jeju Air plane crash? Here’s what we know

Firefighters and rescue team members work near the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on December 29, 2024 [Ahn Young-joon/AP]

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.

Authorities are still scrambling to pinpoint the exact reason why the aircraft – Jeju Air Flight 2216 from Thailand to South Korea – malfunctioned while landing on Sunday, leading it to crash into a concrete barrier and go up in flames.

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