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Families of South Korean plane tragedy victims file complaint against 15 officials
Rescue team members work at the site of a plane crash at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea on December 31, 2024

FAMILIES of victims of December’s devastating plane crash in South Korea have filed a complaint against 15 people, including the transport minister and the airline’s head, who they believe are responsible for the disaster that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.

 

Many of the families complain that there has been a lack of meaningful progress in determining what caused the disaster and who was responsible.

 

On Tuesday, 72 bereaved relatives submitted the complaint to the Jeonnam Provincial Police agency in southern South Korea, according to their lawyers and police.

 

The 15 people cited in the complaint include the transport minister, Jeju Air’s president and airline officials handling maintenance and safety issues, along with officials at Muan International Airport responsible for preventing bird strikes and for air traffic control and facility management, according to a statement from a lawyers’ group supporting the relatives.

 

“Four months after the disaster, we can’t help feeling deep anger and despair over the fact that there has been little progress” in the investigation, bereaved family member Kim Dae Hye said in the statement.

 

The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air skidded off the runway at the Muan airport on December 29 after its landing gear failed to deploy, before slamming into a concrete structure and bursting into flames.

 

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