All 181 passengers and crew aboard a passenger jet that crashed upon landing in South Korea on Sunday morning are presumed dead except for two people rescued from the wreckage, authorities said.
Investigators will try to determine what happened on the plane, including how its mechanical systems were functioning and what actions the pilots took.
The Jeju Air jetliner was carrying 175 passengers and six crew when it crash-landed at Muan International Airport just after 9 a.m. local time Sunday.
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The flight, operated by Jeju Air, was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. Only two people survived the crash.
One was a 33-year-old man, with the surname Lee, who was rushed to a hospital in Mokpo, about 25km (15.5 mi) south of the airport, but was later transferred to Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital in the capital, Yonhap news agency reported.
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