People lay flowers at to remember 179 victims of Sunday’s plane crash in Muan

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The Jeju Air passenger plane crashed into a wall and burst into flames after skidding off the runway at Muan airport on Sunday when its landing gear apparently failed to deploy.

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00:00South Korea's acting leader paid his respects at a memorial centre in Muan to the victims

00:07of a plane fire that killed 179 of 181 passengers.

00:12Choi Sang-mok laid a white rose, a traditional gesture at Korean funerals, and bowed at the

00:17altar.

00:18The Boeing aircraft, operated by Jeju Air and arriving from Bangkok on Sunday, crashed

00:24while attempting to land in Muan after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy.

00:29South Korea's transport ministry said that it may investigate its 101 planes of the same

00:34model.

00:35The B-737-800 series is being operated by 101 airlines in South Korea, so we are looking

00:55at a special inspection plan for the B-737-800 series."

01:01Bereaved families urged South Korean officials to send more experts to help with recovering

01:05their loved ones, and to come up with a compensation plan for the victims.

01:10South Korea's acting leader paid his respects at a memorial centre in Muan to the victims

01:30of a plane fire that killed 179 of 181 passengers.

01:38The investigation continues to determine the cause of the country's worst aviation

01:51disaster in decades.

01:53The government has declared a seven-day national mourning period.

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