Authorities have finished the search operations at the site of the Jeju Air crash, one week after a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed at Muan International Airport (MWX). 

On December 29, 2024, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, traveling from Bangkok, Thailand, suffered a runway excursion during an emergency belly landing at Muan International Airport. The aircraft exploded after colliding with an embankment. 179 of the 181 people on board lost their lives. 

The national forensic team, firefighting agency, and police concluded their final search around the tail section of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 on January 4, 2025, late in the evening. This section was the only part of the aircraft that remained intact after the crash, according to a report by the South Korean news agency Yonhap News. 

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