Thai family grieves for daughter in Jeju Air crash

Reuters - 30/12
A family in northeastern Thailand are mourning the loss of Jongluk Duangmanee, one of two Thai nationals of the Jeju Air crash, and wish to bring her body home for a religious ceremony.
BANGKOK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A family in northeastern Thailand are mourning the loss of Jongluk Duangmanee, one of two Thai nationals of the Jeju Air crash, and wish to bring her body home for a religious ceremony.
All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when the Boeing 737-800 crash-landed and skidded off the end of the runway at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday.
Boonchuay Duangmanee, 77, said he must come to terms with his 45-year-old daughter's sudden death.
"I can only accept it, make peace with it," he told state broadcaster Thai PBS. "No matter what I do, my daughter won't come back."
He had felt a "sense of unease" when ...
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