The concrete embankment at Muan International Airport blamed for exacerbating last year’s fatal plane crash will be removed, the South Korean transport ministry said on Jan. 22.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the Dec. 27, 2024, Jeju Air disaster, which killed 179 people, but experts have said the vast bulwark that supported navigation antennas at the end of the runway likely made the disaster more deadly than it may otherwise have been.
