South Korea declares week-long mourning period over plane crash
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The black boxes have been recovered as South Korea’s transport ministry said on Sunday that its investigation unit secured both of the two black boxes from the crashed passenger jet.
By Isa Isawade
South Korea’s Acting President Choi Sang Mok on Sunday declared a week-long mourning period to honour victims of the ill-fated Jeju Air passenger aircraft which crashed into a wall at the Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, with about 179 people dead.
The mourning period commences today and will end on January 4.
The accident occurred early Sunday morning with the aircraft colliding with a wall at the Airport and exploding.
The black boxes have been recovered as South Korea’s transport ministry said on Sunday that its investigation unit secured both of the two black boxes from the crashed passenger jet.
An official with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a televised press briefing that the retrieval of both flight data and voice recorders was completed to look into the exact cause of the accident.
The passenger plane with 175 passengers, including 173 South Koreans and two Thais, as well as six flight attendants on board, crashed while attempting to land at the Muan International Airport, some 290 km southwest of the capital Seoul, at about 9:07 a.m. local time (0007 GMT) on Sunday.
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