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South Korea’s government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to January 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air jet that killed 179 people.
The airport had been due to reopen on Tuesday following the December 29 crash.
A joint investigation team is stepping up investigations into South Korea’s deadliest air accident. Two of the Korean investigators on Monday are set to leave for the United States with flight data recorders for analysis by the US National Transportation Safety Board.
The flight data recorders, along with cockpit voice recorders, are the two black boxes that contain key information about the crash.


Investigators on Saturday compiled the complete transcript from the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800. It is not clear whether they will disclose the transcript.
Investigators retrieved two of the plane’s engines over the weekend, as a representative from engine maker GE joined the probe. The transport ministry extended to Friday its inspections of all the Boeing 737-800 planes operated by Jeju Air and five other airlines in the country, including their maintenance records.


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Tarpaulin shrouds the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which on December 29 crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. Photo: Yonhap/AFP

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A government official investigates on Thursday at the site where a Jeju Air aircraft crashed at Muan International Airport on December 29. Photo: AFP

Special Forces members on Thursday search near the site where a Jeju Air aircraft crashed at Muan International Airport on December 29. Photo: AFP

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Police forensics personnel and National Bureau of Investigation officials are seen by a wall as they work at the scene of the Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea on December 31. Photo: Yonhap / AFP

A family member of a Thai victim in the Jeju Air plane crash visits the crash site of Muan International Airport. Photo: dpa

A police forensic team conducts an on-site investigation at the scene of the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea. Photo: dpa

Mourners pay their respects at a memorial altar for the victims of the Jeju Air plane crash, in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul on December 31. Photo: AFP

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Muan International Airport had been due to reopen on Tuesday following the December 29 crash that killed 179 people


Muan International Airport had been due to reopen on Tuesday following the December 29 crash that killed 179 people.


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South Korea extends shutdown of Jeju Air crash airport

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Muan International Airport had been due to reopen on Tuesday following the December 29 crash that killed 179 people

Muan International Airport had been due to reopen on Tuesday following the December 29 crash that killed 179 people