Airport closure extended following plane crash


THE nation’s authorities have extended the closure of a southwestern airport where a Jeju Air plane crashed and killed 179 people onboard, the land ministry said.

Authorities are still probing the cause of the accident on Dec 29, when Jeju Air flight 2216 from Thailand carrying 181 passengers and crew belly-landed in a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete barrier in a fireball.

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