Seoul: The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on December 29, killing 179 people, stopped recording approximately four minutes before the aircraft collided with a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan Airport,

Jeju Air 7C2216 was flying from the Thai capital of Bangkok to Muan in southwestern South Korea at night when it belly-landed, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting an embankment. The aircraft flew every day in 2024, according to flight data reviewed by Reuters.

The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, the transport ministry said on Saturday. South Korean investigators previously said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders were key to finding out the cause of last month's crash that killed 179 people.

Jeju Air flies its planes more than any other major airline in South Korea, data show. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Investigators found bird feathers and blood in the two engines of the Boeing jet that crashed in South Korea on Dec. 29, a person familiar with the probe told Reuters on Friday. Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed from the Thai capital Bangkok for Muan county in southwestern South Korea,

Muan international airport in South Korea, investigators have revealed the reason for the nation's worst aviation disaster. Reuters reported that blood and feathers were found in both the engines of the Jeju Air flight that allegedly led to the crash,

A Jeju Air aircraft crashed in South Korea on December 29, killing 179 people. Bird feathers and blood has been found in the engines of the plane.