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29 confirmed dead in South Korea plane crash, AFP reports

CGTN

 , Updated 10:43, 29-Dec-2024

At least 29 people died in a plane crash in South Korea's southwestern Muan airport on Sunday, AFP reported citing a local official.

"We have so far confirmed 29 deaths from the crash... but the tally could rise due to the critically injured," Lee Hyeon-ji, a local fire department official, told the news agency.

South Korean news agencies put the latest death toll at 28, with three people rescued.

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