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Edward Helmore

US sends investigators to help establish cause of South Korea plane crash

a crashed plane surrounded by search and rescue officials
Two crew members survived the crash and were rescued from the back of the plane. Photograph: Chris Jung/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

The US is sending air accident investigators to South Korea to help determine what went wrong with the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed at Muan airport and skidded into a barrier early on Sunday, killing 179.

The team of investigators includes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, which manufactured the 17-year-old aircraft.

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