MUAN (South Korea), Jan 5 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- Authorities on Sunday concluded the search operations at the Jeju Air plane crash site, a week after the fatal accident that claimed 179 lives, as the recovery process was nearing its end, officials said.
According to Yonhap news agency, a firefighting agency, police and the national forensic team completed the final search on and around the tail section of the Jeju Air plane -- the only part that remained intact from the crash and explosion -- late Saturday night, officials said.
Authorities said any additional discovery of bodies or personal items was unlikely.
The Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people returning from Bangkok, crashed while landing at Muan International Airport in the southwestern county of Muan on Dec. 29, killing all but two aboard.
Search operations took place over the past week to retrieve the victims, while a joint investigation team carried out an on-site probe into the cause of the crash.
All 179 bodies have been recovered, and 151 of them have been returned to their families, along with their personal belongings that have been identified, it reported.
Excluding a family of three, the remaining 25 bodies were expected to be returned to their families later in the day.
-- BERNAMA-YONHAP
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