Families of victims in South Korea plane crash file complaint against 15 officials
- Families of victims filed a complaint on Tuesday against 15 people over a December Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea that killed 179 of 181 on board.
- The complaint reflects grief and demands accountability towards officials including the transport minister, the airline chief, and airport staff amid a slow ongoing investigation.
- The Boeing 737-800 belly-landed at Muan airport with landing gear failure, struck a concrete localizer structure, burst into flames, and showed traces of bird strike in its engines.
- Lawyer Lee So-Ah stated the complaint will require police to formally update families, while bereaved relatives express "deep anger and despair" over little investigative progress after four months.
- The complaint aims to speed the probe of the deadliest South Korean aviation disaster since 1997 and highlights ongoing questions about safety and regulatory failures.
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Ten families entered a joint complaint against 15 aviation authorities, accusing them of neglecting and violating South Korean law almost five months after the tragic accident involving an aircraft from Jeju Air, which exploded on calls at the International Airport of Muan, South Korea, on 29 December, killing 179 victims, dozens of family members of the victims filed a criminal complaint against 15 government authorities and the aviation indust…
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Families of victims in South Korea plane crash file complaint against 15 officials
Families of victims of December’s devastating plane crash in South Korea have filed a complaint against 15 people who they believe are responsible for the disaster that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.
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The Straits TimesSouth Korea Jeju Air crash families file criminal complaint against minister, 14 others
SEOUL: Families of victims from the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people including South Korean government officials and airline safety representatives, their lawyers said on Tuesday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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