South Korea parliament passes bill to launch probe into 2024 Jeju Air crash


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  • Monday, 22 Dec 2025

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies near skid marks on the runway at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

SEOUL, ‌Dec 22 (Reuters) - ‌South Korea's ‌parliament passed a bill on ‍Monday to ‍launch ‌an independent probe ‍into the ​Jeju ⁠Air plane crash in ‌December 2024 ⁠that ‍killed 179 people, ‍amid a continued ‌delay of the release of an accident report by a ‌government-backed investigation board.

(Reporting by ​Jack KimEditing by Ed Davies)

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