Delivery of bodies begins after plane crash in South Korea: families of deceased make request

Several days have passed since a Jeju Air airline plane, coming from Thailand and bound for Muan, suffered a serious accident while landing in South Korea, as the train intended for this purpose was not activated and led to the aircraft would slide against the pavement and finally collide with a wall after going off the track.

The incident, which left a toll of 179 deadis still being investigated by the authorities, who have already begun delivering the bodies of the people who died in this tragic accident.

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“They say that the bodies of the victims are so damaged that it will take a long time to recover them. I think what we should demand from the Government is that they hire more people to be able to bring them back to us faster,” he said. Park Han-Shinrepresentative of families of the victims.

The above arose in response to a first initial report, in which it was considered that it could take up to ten days for all the remains to be identified and delivered to the families, since the majority were found severely charred.

Although the process advanced at a faster pace than expected and the South Korean authorities announced this Tuesday that they have identified 174 of the 179 victims who lost their lives in the plane crash Muan International Airport On Sunday, there are still five remaining people who, due to their serious condition, have not been able to be recognized and have “inconsistencies in their DNA.”

“Of the 32 people who could not be identified by fingerprints, we identified 17 people in the first DNA test and 10 more in the second,” authorities said in a press conference.

The bodies of four of the victims identified have been handed over to their families and funeral preparations have begun in their respective hometowns, according to officials.

Accident in South Korea: this is what happened on December 29

On Sunday, December 29, South Korean flight 7C2216 Jeju Water It exploded after landing and skidding off the runway at the Muan airport (southwest) and left 179 dead and only two survivors, which is the worst civil aviation accident ever to occur on South Korean soil. To date, it is not known what caused it. the accident in South Korea.

The acting president, Choi Sang-mokordered the Government this Tuesday to address the necessary improvements in the airline operations system, and after the Executive already began an emergency safety inspection of six local airlines and all models of the plane involved in the incident the day before. the accident, a Boeing 737-800.

“He Ministry of Transportation “must thoroughly re-examine the overall aircraft operating system, starting with this inspection, and immediately implement any necessary improvements,” Choi said at a disaster control meeting in Seoul.