Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport while attempting to perform a belly-landing after losing engine thrust to a flock of Baikal teal.
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Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.
South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.
A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
One highlighted entry is from 2024: Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport while attempting to perform a belly-landing after losing engine thrust to a flock of Baikal teal.
People listed for December 29 include Orkun Kökçü (2000), Julio Rodríguez (2000), and Eliot Vassamillet (2000).
Observances listed for December 29 include Constitution Day (Ireland), Independence Day (Mongolia), and Christian feast day: December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
