South Korean police said they raided Muan airport and the Jeju Air office on Thursday over the crash involving one of the carrier’s Boeing 737-800s that killed 179 people.

South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said Wednesday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.

Ultimately, the plane crashed, killing 179 people in South Korea’s worst aviation disaster. A standard pre-flight inspection found “no issues” with the Jeju Air passenger plane before it crashed.

Before the plane crash, Muan was perhaps best known for its delicacies including mudflat octopus and dried seaweed.

A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 skidded down the runway and crashed in a fireball in South Korea, and investigators are just beginning the process of figuring out why.

Jeju Air’s passenger plane smashed into a concrete wall after an emergency landing at Muan international airport in South Korea

Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crashed in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179 people on board.

Hours after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, killing 179 people on board in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil, a photo of an aircraft's burnt out fuselage was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the wreckage.

South Korean police raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport Thursday as they step up a probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 that killed 179 people. Authorities on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at Muan airport where flight 2216 crashed,

Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae , left, speaks in apology to relatives of passengers at the Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP

South Korea police on Thursday carried out a search and seizure operation at three locations, including Muan airport, Jeju Air office in Seoul, and a regional aviation office to ‘swiftly and rigorousl