December 2024

A video captured the moments before a plane carrying 181 passengers crashed while landing in an airport in South Korea. The Boeing 737-800 flight – operated by airline Jeju Air – was arriving at Muan Airport from Bangkok, Thailand. Two survivors, both members of the flight crew, were pulled from the debris. Footage also showed…

Frances Mao BBC News Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible. In his first comments on the Christmas Day crash, Putin said the “tragic incident”…