179 people killed in Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea

Just two survivors were rescued after what is the country's deadliest ever air disaster.

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A total of 179 of the 181 people on board the Boeing 737-800 were killed, with just two survivors, both cabin staff, pulled from the burning wreckage.

The plane landed at Muan International Airport in the country's south, skidding off the runway and crashing into a wall in a fiery explosion.

Flight 2216 was returning from Bangkok, Thailand with six crew and 175 passengers, many of them holidaymakers.

Distraught families gathered in the airport's arrival hall in tears, as they waited for bodies to be identified.

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