Saudi crown prince offers condolences after South Korea plane crash

Mourners pay their respects at a memorial altar for victims of the Jeju Air plane crash, at Muan Sports Park in Muan on December 30, 2024. (AFP)
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  • All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway at Muan International Airport

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a cable of condolences to South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok after a plane crash killed 179 people on Sunday.

All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway at Muan International Airport, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall. Two crew members were pulled out alive.

The crown prince extended his condolences to the families of the deceased and the people of South Korea and wished the injured a speedy recovery.