After a Jeju Air plane crash-landed in southwestern South Korea in December 2024, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, a clip was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed footage from inside the passenger cabin before the crash.

It’s often said that the safest place to sit in a plane is at the back — and the only survivors of the recent Azerbaijan Airlines and Jeju Air crashes were in the rear of the plane. But, say safety experts,

Lots of variables determine a flight’s survivability, including the location of the seat—and luck.

The single-engine aircraft barreled into a manufacturing facility just moments after taking off from a nearby airport in Fullerton, Calif., on Thursday.

South Korea’s leading low-cost carrier, heavy with debt and its stock already near record lows, is now facing intense public and government scrutiny.

Search operations after plane crash A sniffing dog, led by a police officer, searches the site of a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport, southwestern South Korea, on Jan. 8, 2025.