Pilots Discussed Alternate Ways to Land Before Deadly Jeju Air Crash NYT | Top Stories By: Grace Moon and Selam Gebrekidan 8 April 2025 at 22:34 The pilots’ conversation with air traffic controllers, revealed in a partial transcript, could offer clues to what caused the disaster in South Korea, which killed 179 people. © Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesJeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Dec. 29.