Police Raid Muan Airport For Second Day Over Deadly Jeju Air Crash

MUAN (South Korea), Jan 3 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- South Korean police have raided Muan International Airport for the second consecutive day on Friday over the deadly Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 people, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The Jeonnam Provincial Police were conducting search-and-seizure operations at the airport's office in southwest South Korea early on Friday to secure materials related to the plane crash.

Police also sent about 30 investigators to search the Seoul office of Jeju Air and the Muan office of the Busan Regional Office of Aviation at 9 am on Thursday, before completing the operations at 2 pm and 7 pm the same day, respectively.

Police were securing evidence related to the legitimacy of the airport's localiser, a concrete wall housing an antenna array located near the runway, and the communication record between the control tower and the pilot shortly before the plane crash.

They are also looking to secure surveillance camera footage near the runway, as well as records related to the operation and maintenance of the aircraft in question.

The search warrant was issued on charges of professional negligence resulting in death, officials said.

-- BERNAMA-YONHAP