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Dec 2024
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South Korea special: Plane crash kills 1...

Bbc World Service
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179 people were killed when a plane crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea. It burst into flames after skidding off the runway and hitting a wall. The only survivors were two members of the flight crew.

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