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Claire LEE

South Korea Police Raid Muan Airport Over Jeju Air Crash That Killed 179

Officials investigate the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan airport (Credit: AFP)

South Korean police said they raided Muan airport and the Jeju Air office Thursday morning over the crash involving one of the carrier's Boeing 737-800s that killed 179 people.

Jeju Air flight 2216 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea on Sunday when it issued a mayday call and belly-landed before hitting a barrier and bursting into flames, killing everyone aboard except two flight attendants pulled from the burning wreckage.

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