The first search for the tail of the plane...Examine the engine buried in the dirt.

Recovering the tail of the accident plane with heavy equipment
First search of the tail...Expecting the discovery of victims and artifacts
"DNA analysis and control work takes considerable time"

[Anchor]
Six days after the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster, a search for the tail of the aircraft was conducted for the first time at the scene of the accident.

As the engine excavation work buried in the dirt is also carried out, it is expected that the investigation of gas parts to determine the cause of the accident will begin in earnest.

I'm reporter Oh Sun-yeol.

[Reporter]
Heavy equipment lifts the tail of the plane, which is blackened but remains intact.

Search personnel such as fire and police will be deployed at the site where the aircraft is heard.

Carefully recovering the victims' bodies and belongings continues while preserving the site as much as possible to investigate the cause of the accident.

[Cho Byung-no / Head of the Chonnam National Police Agency's Living Safety Department: We are collecting bodies, bodies, and items of the victims at the scene. I'm doing my best right now because the work is going on even in a very difficult state...]

Until now, search efforts have been focused on the accident site and the surrounding reed fields.

Search authorities believe that many bodies and articles that have yet to be recovered will be found, as it is the first search for the tail of the aircraft.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Central Accident Management Headquarters expected the site search to be in the final stage when the recovery of the tail of the aircraft is completed.

However, even if additional victims are recovered, it will take some time before the process of DNA analysis and collation is delivered to the bereaved family.

[Na Won-oh / Jeju Air passenger accident investigation head: If you want to finish what you did today, you need to consider that it will take a considerable amount of physical time for you to get the results by tomorrow.]

At the scene of the accident, an airliner engine buried in a pile of dirt immediately after the collision was discovered due to a localizer hill.

Engines are key components needed to determine the exact cause of the accident, including bird collisions.

As soon as the on-site search is completed, the Air Railroad Accident Investigation Committee plans to investigate important parts such as the airframe engine and tail.

This is YTN Osunyeol.

Reporter: Jeon Dae-woong and Lee Kang-hwi
Video editing: Lee Young-hoon