[Video] '179 dead' airliner disaster...Flight recorders eventually make it to the United States.

Just before the accident, the plane was captured on CCTV near Muan Airport.

When I first entered Muan Airport from the south, I failed to land and passed the airport.

The plane re-entered north of the airport attempted to land on the fuselage.

The plane, which could not slow down and passed the runway, eventually collided with a wall.

The plane had 181 passengers, including 175 passengers and six crew members, and included two Thais.

Of these, two crew members were rescued, but all 179 were killed.

[Lee Jung-hyun / Muan Fire Chief: The aircraft fuselage itself is severely damaged. /// It's hard to say that there are (survivors) in the fuselage.]

Every time the victim's name is called, there is a crying scream among the bereaved families.

Among the victims, there were about 10 minors and five children under the age of 10.

In addition, it was found that there were many family-level travelers, with nine family members traveling together for the 80th anniversary.

[Anchor: Acting President Choi Sang-mok said he felt indescribable heartbreak and sorry for the Muan Airport aircraft disaster, setting the seven-day period of national mourning until January 4th. The Muan area has been declared a special disaster area.

Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader of the People's Power Party, bowed to the bereaved family at the scene of the accident at Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: We will do our best to heal your hearts as much as we can.]

Democratic leaders also visited the joint memorial altar to pray for the victims.

[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party Leader: Our party will do everything it can to revolve around the aviation disaster response committee.]

a joint memorial altar near the airport where the accident occurred,
As soon as the door of
was opened, a procession of worship continued.

[Yang Jun-seok / Mourners: My heart hurts, so I thought it would be better to come and pray for the rest of my life..]

On the fourth day after the Jeju Air plane disaster, bereaved families visited the accident site for the first time.

Faced with an accident plane that has not been seen closely, the tears that I have endured burst.

[Victim's bereaved family: When I went there, I couldn't believe it with my eyes.... Really, don't go to hot places in heaven.... ]
The airport control tower warned of a 'tidal collision' before the
accident at 8:57 a.m.

The so-called "bird strike" may be the cause, but the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is still cautious about the cause of the accident.

The Jeju Air passenger plane, which had an accident at Muan Airport, exploded after hitting a "localizer antenna," a so-called azimuth facility.

There was a solid structure of soil and concrete underneath the antenna, and it exploded as soon as the plane hit the structure.

Overseas aviation safety experts are paying attention to the hard concrete mound as the cause of the disaster's damage.

[John Cox / Aviation Safety Consultant] The plane would have stopped, and people would have been able to get off the plane if it hadn't hit a concrete hill. Why the hell was the concrete structure there?]

Fortunately, the black box avoided major damage in the tail of the aircraft!

However, among the two black boxes, the flight recorder is blocked from extracting information because of a small missing connector.

The accident investigation team eventually decided to send the device to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Depending on the situation of NTSB, time delay is inevitable.


Video editing Lee Hyun-soo

Design Jeon Hwilin