South Korean police said they were raiding Muan Airport in the southwest of the country and two other sites on Thursday morning after the airline’s Boeing 737-800 crashed that killed 179 people on Sunday. .
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“In relation to the plane crash that occurred on December 29, a search and seizure operation has been conducted since 9 a.m. on January 2 in three locations,” including Muan airport, the Jeju Air company office in Seoul as well as an office of the regional aviation sector authority in Muan, police said in a statement sent to AFP.
-“The police intend to quickly and rigorously determine the cause and responsibility for this accident in accordance with the law,” added the same source.
On Sunday morning, the Jeju Air Boeing, coming from Bangkok, landed on its belly at Muan airport and hit a concrete wall at the end of the runway, folding in two and catching fire.
Only two of the 181 people on board the plane – a hostess and a steward – survived the accident, the worst air disaster in history to occur on South Korean soil.
