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Jongluk Doungmanee was due to come home after spending over two weeks in Thailand visiting family A festive trip to Thailand was supposed to be a celebration for Maeng Gi-Su's nephew and his nephew's two sons, who were marking the end of their college entrance exams. Instead, it ended in tragedy when all three died on the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday morning, killing 179 of the 181 people onboard. "I can't believe the entire family has just disappeared," Maeng, 78, told the BBC. "My heart aches so much." The family were travelling from Bangkok to Muan International Airport, which skidded off the runway after touching down and crashed into a wall shortly after 09:00 local time (00:00 GMT) on Sunday. All of the passengers on ...

The Jeju Air crash killed 179 out of 181 people on board South Korea's acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operations, a day after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash on its soil. The Jeju Air plane burst into flames as it crash-landed in South Korea's Muan International Airport, killing everyone onboard save for two victims. Acting President Choi Sang-mok has asked investigators into the incident to promptly disclose their findings to bereaved families. His request also comes as another Jeju Air flight turned back to Seoul shortly after takeoff on Monday, due to an unidentified landing-gear issue. On Monday, the Jeju Air plane departed from Gimpo International Airport at 06:35 local...

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