How 179 died in South Korea's worst plane crash
•The ill-fated Jeju Airplane with firefighters and rescue workers (in suits and helmets) inspecting the charred wreckage of the crashed plane. Two survivors were recovered from the wreckage. Source: BBC. A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, killing everyone aboard except for two flight attendants plucked from the wreckage. A bird strike was cited by authorities as the likely cause of the crash -- the worst ever aviation disaster on South Korean soil -- which flung passengers out of the plane and left it "almost completely destroyed", according to fire officials. Video showed the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 landing on its belly at Muan International Airport, skidding off the runway as smoke streamed out from the engines, before crashing into a wall and exploding in flames. "Of the 179 dead, 65 have been identified," the country's fire agency said, adding that DN...