Some aviation experts say the damage could have been minimized had the plane not collided with the concrete wall.

South Korean officials are looking for the cause of a passenger jet crash that killed 179 people, in one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s aviation history.

After two leaders were impeached in as many weeks, a deadly plane crash has prompted South Korea’s feuding political camps to temporarily halt a protracted power struggle.

Several passenger plane crashes have occurred worldwide this year, including a Wednesday morning Azerbaijan Airlines wreck that has left dozens feared dead.

The deadliest accident in aviation history occurred in 1977, when two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided on a foggy runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 of the 644 people on board the planes. Spanish investigators blamed the captain of the KLM 747 for taking off without clearance from air traffic controllers.

Jeju Air flight suffered a landing gear malfunction on Monday, a day after one of the airline’s jets skidded off a runway at an airport in South Korea and burst into a massive

By Jihoon Lee and Youn Ah Moon SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares of South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air hit their lowest on record on Monday, after the deadliest air crash in the country killed 179 people. Jeju Air shares traded down 8.

Passengers with the South Korean airline Jeju Air are canceling tickets after one of its aircraft crashed, killing 179 people. The airline said that 68,000 flight reservations had been canceled as of 1 p.

The Jeju Air plane crash in Muan on Sunday was unusual for South Korea, a country which has had a strong recent aviation safety record after a spate of deadly air accidents in the 1990s and earlier. It also appeared to be the first fatal crash for Jeju Air,