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'She was almost home': Families mourn after S Korea plane crash

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Jeju Air plane crash-landed in South Korea killing 179 of 181 people on Sunday morning .

Five of the people who died were children under the age of 10 , while the youngest passenger, a little boy, was just three years old .

Four crew members died, while two were rescued from the wreckage alive.

Many of the passengers had been celebrating the Christmas holidays in Thailand and were returning home.

Hundreds remain at Muan International Airport waiting for loved ones to be identified.

Some have given DNA saliva samples to help identify the bodies of victims.

A national period of mourning has also been declared for the next seven days .

Many questions still remain, including whether the cause of the crash could have been averted.

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85

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informal

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English

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35

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