The acting president ordered an emergency safety inspection of the airline operation system as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the country's deadliest air disaster.

Several passenger plane crashes have occurred worldwide this year, including a Wednesday morning Azerbaijan Airlines wreck that has left dozens feared dead.

On Dec. 29, all passengers aboard a flight on South Korean carrier Jeju Air were killed when a plane skidded down a runway and burst into flames. The incident happened at Muan International Airport (MWX) in the country's southernmost region.

Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crashed in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179 people on board.

Investigators from the NTSB and Boeing were expected to join the investigation into South Korea's deadliest air crash.

Shares of Boeing fell in early trading on Monday, one day after a Boeing model 737-800 was involved in the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea that killed scores of passengers. The stock price dropped more than 4% at the open of trading on Monday morning.

South Korean officials will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines after a deadly Jeju Air crash.

The Jeju Air crash in South Korea is an outlier in a country considered to be a gold standard for airline safety.

Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Jeju Air flight to land without its landing gear down in South Korea, killing 179 people.

South Korean officials plan to conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines

A Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 181 people crashed into a concrete wall at a South Korean airport Sunday, killing all but two people on board after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. The Boeing 737-800 arrived from Bangkok and crashed ...