Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others died last year, desperate for the truth about South Korea’s deadliest airline disaster.
Jeju Air flight 2216 was coming in to land at Muan International Airport from Thailand when it struck a flock of birds and was forced to make a belly landing that sent it crashing into a structure at the end of the runway.
Only two flight attendants seated in the tail section survived.
Lee vividly remembers that...
A year after South Korea’s Jeju Air crash, the fight for truth continues
Published 2 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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