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,

SEOUL (Reuters) - The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan airport, the transport ministry said on Saturday.

A total of 179 died in the crash, with just two crew members surviving in one of the nation’s worst aviation disasters.

A Jeju Air jet in South Korea crashed last month due to bird strikes, leading to 179 fatalities. Investigators found bird feathers and blood in its engines. The crash occurred after overshooting the runway,

Recording of flight data ceased four minutes before Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people, says transport ministry.

SEOUL - South Korea plans to improve the structures housing the antenna that guide landings at its airports this year following December

The two flight recorders on board a South Korean airliner stopped working before the jet crashed during an emergency landing and subsequent crash that killed 179 of the 181 people on board, officials said Saturday.

South Korea is set to enhance the structures housing the antennas that facilitate landings at its airports, following the December incident where a Jeju Air aeroplane crashed after skidding off the runway. The Boeing 737-800 hit one such structure at Muan Airport, leading to a fire.