The preliminary report was released by the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday in South Korea.

THREE passengers were injured when flames ripped through a South Korean commercial plane today, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board. An Air Busan plane burst into flames on the

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Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with authorities still trying to determine what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

A preliminary report has found traces of a bird strike in the engines of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed on 29 December after failing to deploy its landing gear and slamming into a concrete barrier - killing all but two people on board.

On January 23, 2025, Park Sang-woo, the Minister of South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), met with the CEOs of nine domestic low-cost carriers, including Jeju Air, T’way Air, Eastar Jet and Jin Air. During the meeting, the minister presented plans for stricter safety standards.

Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with authorities still trying

South Korean officials are launching an investigation into the cause of the fire that engulfed an Air Busan passenger plane, with eyewitness accounts suggesting a power bank may have sparked the blaze.

The investigation into the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil remains ongoing, focusing on the role of bird strike and involving an analysis of the engines and the "localizer" landing guidance structure.

South Korea's authorities investigating last month's Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the U.N. aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand,

Pilots’ actions after that strike are an early focus of the investigation, according to people familiar with the probe.