Investigators from South Korea and the US, including officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, inspect the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 31, 2024. The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea when it crashed on arrival on December 29, killing everyone aboard -- save two flight attendants pulled from the twisted wreckage of the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil. (Photo by YONHAP/ AFP)/ - South Korea OUT/ NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have called for assessments of industry hazards to uncover any "hidden" operational dangers from flight routes to runways, following the deadliest year in global commercial aviation since 2018.
Last year, 318 people died in commercial flight incidents around the world, according to data tracked by the US-headquartered Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network. The last time fatalities exceeded 300 was in 2018.
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