Relatives of passengers of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft reacting near a make-shift shelter at Muan International Airport on Dec 30, 2024. - AFP)
SEOUL: South Korean authorities on Monday (Dec 30) confirmed the identities of 141 of the 179 victims who died in a plane crash at Muan International Airport on Sunday (Dec 29). Most were found to be residents of the Jeolla region where the aircraft was scheduled to land.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a morning briefing that 141 people have been identified as of 8:35am, and that the bodies of 165 have been placed in a temporary mortuary inside the airport in South Jeolla Province.
