Police in South Korea have raided the airport of Muan following a deadly plane crash on site that killed almost all passengers aboard the aircraft last weekend, the Yonhap news agency reported Monday.

South Korean police raided Jeju Air and the operator of the Muan airport as they ramped up their investigation into Sunday’s catastrophic plane crash that claimed 179 lives, marking the worst aviation disaster in the country’s recent history.

Relatives of the victims of a fatal plane fire in South Korea on Wednesday visited Muan airport, the site of the disaster. All but two of the 181 people aboard the Boeing 737-800 operated by South Korean budget airline Jeju Air died in Sunday's crash.

South Korea police on Thursday carried out a search and seizure operation at three locations, including Muan airport, Jeju Air office in Seoul, and a regional aviation office to ‘swiftly and rigorousl

Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed from Bangkok for Muan, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport's runway, exploding into flames after hitting an embankment.

South Korean police on Thursday raided Jeju Air's office and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of the probe into the plane crash, involving the airline, killing 179 people onboard.

South Korean investigators said Saturday they were close to finalizing the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder from a fatal plane crash that left 179 people dead last week. The recording may hold clues to the final moments of Jeju Air flight 2216,

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

Muan-gun, South Korea - December 30, 2024 South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on Saturday that the remains of all 179 victims of the devastating passenger jet crash in Muan County,

After the deadly Jeju Air crash in South Korea this week killed 179 people, the South Korean government said that it would be inspecting every domestic model of the plane involved, the Boeing (BA) 737-800.