Jeju Air Crash: Flight Data Recorder to Be Sent to US for Analysis, South Korean Ministry Says

The plane crashed at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29 killing 179 of the 181 people on board.

Wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2024. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

Investigators in South Korea have finished extracting data from a flight recorder retrieved from the wreckage of the Jeju Air plane that crashed during landing on Dec. 29 and will send it to the United States for analysis, government officials said on Jan. 2.

The Dec. 29, 2024, crash at Muan International Airport killed 179 of the 181 people on board the Boeing 737-800 operated by the South Korean budget airline.