Jeju Air crash: South Korea's acting president announces seven-day national mourning period


SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Sunday (Dec 29) announced a period of national mourning over a deadly plane crash that claimed at least 177 lives, with two people still missing, according to his office.

Yonhap News Agency reported that the announcement was made during an emergency meeting held hours after a passenger jet carrying 181 individuals crash-landed and exploded at an airport in Muan, a county in southwestern South Korea. Two crew members survived the incident.

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