South Korea's Ministry of Transport said on Sunday that its investigation unit had safely recovered both "black boxes" from the crashed passenger plane. The 'Black Box' is a device that records the activities of the aircraft during the flight.
An official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in the information given to the local television that 'to find out the real cause of the accident, both flight data (data) and voice recorder were found'.
There were 173 passengers, including 173 South Koreans and two Thai nationals, and six crew members.
The crashed plane crashed at 9:07 a.m. local time on Sunday while landing at the Muan International Airport, which is about 290 kilometers southwest of the capital Seoul. Jeju Air flight 7C2216, which flew from Bangkok, Thailand, skidded off the runway and crashed into the outer wall of the runway.
Of the 181 people on board the plane, all but two crew members, aged 33 and 25, are believed to have died. According to local media, 177 bodies have been found so far. Out of which 57 people have been identified.
Fire officials have speculated that the plane may have crashed due to a bird strike. After the first landing attempt, the plane returned to the sky due to a presumed malfunction of the landing gear and the second landing attempt was made with a 'belly-landing'.
In a footage broadcast by local television, black smoke was seen coming out of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Another footage shows smoke and flames coming out of the plane's right wing engine before landing.
The Ministry of Transport has said that it may take time to find out the real cause of the accident.
