The first words of a Jeju Air cabin crew member who survived Sunday's plane crash have emerged after 179 died in what's been described as one of South Korea's largest aviation disasters.

Officials have confirmed 179 people died in the Jeju Air flight that crashed and erupted into a fireball when the aircraft skidded along the runway and smashed into a wall

Jeju Air crash survivor appeared to be disoriented when doctors questioned about her medical condition, reported the news portal Korean Times.

Park Sang-woo, the Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (국토교통부, MOLIT) of South Korea, has said that he would resign following the Jeju Air crash that happened on December 29, 2024.

BANGKOK: Chiang Rai native Sirinthorn Ja-ue was travelling to South Korea to spend the New Year holidays with her mother’s new family when she died tragically in the Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport on Sunday (Dec 29).

Two crew members may have survived the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea thanks to sitting backwards with a harness on in the safest part of the cabin, according to aviation experts. An accident has shut down Interstate 77 northbound in Iredell County on New Year's Eve, according to NCDOT.

Joo Jong-wan, the deputy transport minister for civil aviation, acknowledged that safety measures were not sufficient when building the embankment, but said they were done in line

South Korea's transport minister Park Sang-woo said on Tuesday that he intends to step down from his position to take responsibility for the deadly crash of Jeju Air's Boeing jet on December 29, which killed 179 people on board.

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo offered to resign on Tuesday, taking responsibility for the recent Jeju Air plane crash that claimed the lives of 179 out of 181 passengers and crew.