Efforts are made to lift the wreckage of an aircraft lying on the ground after it went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, on December 29, 2024.
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What we know about South Korea plane crash

At least 179 people have died in a plane crash in South Korea, according to local fire and rescue officials, in what is the country’s worst air disaster in decades. Two people survived, both crew members. CNN's Mike Valerio has the details.

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