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‘Verging on criminal’: Questions over concrete wall in plane crash

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Seoul | South Korean investigators looking into a jet crash that killed 179 people are examining the placement of a concrete barrier near the end of a runway after an expert called it “verging on criminal”.

Jeju Air’s Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded down the runway on Sunday before smashing into a structure placed beyond the tarmac and erupting in flames. Of the 181 people on board, 179 were killed.

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