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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Pol Allingham

King and Queen ‘profoundly saddened’ by South Korea plane crash that killed 179

Firefighters and rescue team members work near the wreckage of the passenger plane (Ahn Young-joon/AP/PA) - (AP)

The Prime Minister and the King have paid condolences to loved ones of the 179 people killed in the South Korea plane crash.

The Jeju Air passenger plane was carrying 181 people when it skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy, officials said.

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