174 people died, 2 black boxes found, revealing the last moments of Boeing 737-800

On December 29, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of South Korea said it had recovered two black boxes from the crashed plane at Muan International Airport in the county of the same name, South Jeolla Province of the country.

Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 passenger plane with flight number 7C 2216 crashed. (Source: Yonhap)

According to an official of the Ministry, authorities will analyze the data in the two black boxes to investigate the cause of the accident.

Yonhap news agency said that the death toll in this horrific plane crash has now reached 174 people.

The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport revealed the final moments of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 passenger plane, flight number 7C 2216.

The plane carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members departed from Bangkok, Thailand at around 1:30 a.m. this morning (December 29) and was expected to land at Muan International Airport in Muan District, about 288 km southwest of Seoul, South Korea, at 9 a.m. the same day.

The Korean National Fire Agency said the plane was carrying 181 people, including six crew members, when it crashed. Two people were rescued.

Most of the passengers were Korean (173 people) and there were 2 Thai citizens, mostly between the ages of 40-60. Authorities are still actively searching for bodies and have identified 22 victims.

Jeju Air CEO and board of directors bowed to apologize to the families of the victims of the tragic plane crash. (Source: CNN)

Just six minutes before the crash, an air traffic control tower issued a bird strike warning. A minute later, the pilot issued a mayday call.

The South Jeolla Provincial Government raised the emergency alert to the highest level and deployed all available police and rescue forces to the accident scene.

The President's Office also decided to maintain a 24/7 emergency response system.

Rescue workers work at the scene. (Photo: Reuters)

* Meanwhile, the Korean Ministry of Transport confirmed that this was the most catastrophic air accident on Korean soil and also the most serious accident involving a Korean airline in nearly three decades.

Founded in 2005, low-cost carrier Jeju Air ranks behind only Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines in terms of passenger numbers in South Korea.

The above plane crash marked the first time a Jeju Air plane had a fatal accident.

The incident occurred just three weeks after Jeju Air began operating flights from Muan to Bangkok (Thailand) and several other cities in Asia.

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