Search and recovery efforts at the site of the Jeju Air plane crash have concluded after a week. All 179 victims have been recovered, with the majority returned to their families. The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, with potential factors including bird strike, faulty landing gear and runway obstruction.
Search operations at the Jeju Air plane crash site came to an end one week after the tragic accident that claimed 179 lives, according to South Korean media. The flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew from Thailand to South Korea, issued a mayday call before belly-landing and slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.
South Korean officials said the firefighting agency, police and national forensics team completed their search on and around the plane’s tail section on the night of Jan 4, Yonhap News Agency reported. The section was the only part of the aircraft that remained intact after the explosion. It was lifted off the ground on Jan 3 during the search operation. All 179 bodies have been recovered, with 151 already returned to their families along with their identified personal belongings. The remaining 25 bodies, excluding those of a family of three, are expected to be returned to their families on Jan 5.The exact cause of the flight’s crash is still unknown, but investigators have pointed to a bird strike, faulty landing gear and an installation at the end of the runway which the plane struck as possible issues. On Jan 2 and 3, South Korean police raided the offices of Jeju Air and the Muan airport operator as part of their investigation. Police were securing evidence from the airport’s localiser – a concrete wall housing an antenna array – as well as the communication record between the control tower and pilot shortly before the plane crashed, Yonhap reported. South Korea has also announced it will inspect all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by its carriers, focusing on the landing gear – which appeared to have malfunctioned during the Jeju Air cras
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