According to Lee, authorities were looking for remains that could have been thrown from the aircraft in the surrounding locations.
According to statistics from the transportation ministry, the accident is the deadliest for any South Korean airline since a 1997 Korean Air disaster in Guam that claimed over 200 lives.
An Air China catastrophe that claimed 129 lives in 2002 was the deadliest to ever occur on South Korean territory.
According to a transport ministry official, the pilots called mayday immediately after the control tower provided a bird strike warning, and then they made an effort to land.
According to the News1 agency, a traveler contacted a family member to inform them that a bird had been lodged in the wing. “Should I say my last words?” was the last message sent by the individual.
According to the transportation ministry, the remaining passengers are thought to be South Koreans, while two Thai nationals were among them.
