- 179 people were killed when an airliner carrying 181 people belly-landed and veered off the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing rescue authorities.

- Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital, Bangkok, with 175 passengers and six crew aboard, was attempting to land shortly after 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the country. Two crew members were rescued.

- South Korea's transport ministry said that its investigation unit secured both of the two black boxes from the crashed passenger jet. The South Korean government has declared a national mourning period until January 4 over the plane crash.