South Korean investigators said Friday they expected to find more human remains as they began lifting the wreckage of the Jeju Air jet that crashed on landing last weekend killing all but two of the 181 passengers and crew aboard.
Two people, both flight attendants, are the only survivors of the crash and are being treated at South Korean hospitals.
The Jeju Air crash in South Korea is an outlier in a country considered to be a gold standard for airline safety.
A South Korean Jeju Air passenger jet crashed on landing at Muan International Airport on Sunday, killing 179 people in the country's deadliest air disaster.
The flight was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed before slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.
Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crashed in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179 people on board.
South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said Wednesday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.
South Korean police said they raided Muan airport and the Jeju Air office Thursday morning over the crash involving one of the carrier's Boeing 737-800s that killed 179 people. "In relation to the plane accident that occurred on December 29,
Search operations at the site of the Jeju Air plane crash concluded on Saturday, one week after the devastating accident claimed 179 lives. Officials announced that all 179 bodies have been recovered,
SEOUL - Investigators on Saturday (Jan 4) expect to compile the complete transcript from the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Sunday in South Korea,
Seoul: South Korean investigators said Saturday they were close to finalising the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder from a fatal plane crash