[Aircraft Crash] Gwangju Bar Association Forms Legal Support Team

Around 40 People... Legal Counseling for Victims and Bereaved Families

The Gwangju Bar Association has formed a legal support team for the victims and bereaved families of the Jeju Air disaster.

The Gwangju Bar Association announced on the 31st that it has recruited about 40 lawyers to provide legal consultation.

On the 29th, at the departure hall of Muan International Airport in Jeonnam, families of the victims were waiting after a Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 181 passengers collided with the outer wall of the runway during landing at Muan International Airport, causing a fire in which most passengers died in a major disaster. Photo by Kang Jinhyung

The support team plans to collaborate with Gwangju City and Jeollanam-do Province to provide necessary legal assistance to the victims and their families.

They will also offer legal consultation and follow-up legal support for lawsuits seeking damages against the airline, Korea Airports Corporation, and the state.

Additionally, consultation desks will be operated at the onsite situation room at Muan International Airport and at the Gwangju Bar Association office.

The team leader is Lim Taeho, Chair of the Human Rights and Legal Aid Committee of the Gwangju Bar Association, with Kim Honggil, Head of the Mokpo Branch, and Park Cheol, Vice President of the Gwangju Bar Association, serving as deputy leaders.

Jang Jeonghee, President of the Gwangju Bar Association, said, "We have formed the support team to help alleviate the great sorrow in our local community," and added, "We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and their families and will do our utmost to provide the necessary legal support."

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