Jeju Air plane crash Cruel end to family holidays, honeymoon

Newly wed couple, family on first overseas trip with 3-year-old son among victims

- THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

SEOUL - Many of the 175 passengers who died in the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash on Dec 29 had been families on year-end trips, some of whom were children travelling overseas for the first time in their lives.

Among them was a 43-year-old man surnamed Koh, who worked at the promotions department for the Kia Tigers professional baseball team. Mr Koh, his wife and his three-year-old son had been on their first overseas trip as a family.

"My son's heading overseas for the first time on a night-time flight... The extensive schedule (of the trip) exhausted me, but I'm happy because my son had a great time," Mr Koh wrote on his Instagram page, giving details about their trip to Bangkok with a photo of his son looking out the window.

Retired pitcher Kim Byung-hyun, who briefly played for the Tigers, paid his respects to Mr Koh and his family on his social media page.