(VOVWORLD) -The remains of 179 people killed in December 29 Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport have been recovered, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said Saturday.
 The scene of the Jeju Air plane crash in Muan, South Korea. Photo: Yonhap/VNA |
103 bodies have been returned to their families, while the rest are being kept in morgues.
On the same day, South Korean investigators said they were about to complete the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder from the fatal Jeju Air Boeing 737-800.
"The transcript of the cockpit voice recorder is expected to be completed today, and the flight data recorder is in the process of being prepared for transport to the United States" for analysis, South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement.
The black boxes recovered from the plane are believed to contain clues about the final moments of the Boeing 737-800, which was carrying 181 passengers and crew from Thailand to South Korea on Sunday when it belly-landed before slamming into a concrete barrier at the end of the airport runway.
Two flight attendants injured in the accident are still being treated in medical facilities.