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Thirty-nine survive after Chinese jet slams into Korean mountain
An Air China passenger aircraft has ploughed into a South Korean mountain in heavy rain and fog, killing many of the 166 people on board.
Rescue officials say however, at least 39 people have survived.
The crash comes just six weeks before the soccer World Cup finals are co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
The Boeing 767, flying from Beijing and carrying mostly Korean people, crashed and broke into pieces near buildings as it struggled to land in thick fog at Kimhae airport in Pusan, South Korea's second largest city.
A Kimhae police official says the weather and rugged terrain are hampering rescue efforts, but firemen had extinguished burning debris at the crash site.
It was the first crash for Air China, Beijing's state-owned flag carrier.
15/04/2002 17:06:43 | ABC Radio Australia News
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