South Korean investigators said Saturday they were close to finalising the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder from a fatal plane crash that left 179 people dead last week.

The flight, operated by Jeju Air, was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. Only two people survived the crash.

Families of the victims were taken to the crash site for the first time on New Year's Day to pay their respects.

South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed nearly 180 people on board, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades.

A plane carrying 181 people crashed while landing, killing most on board. Officials were investigating a possible malfunction with the landing gear and a bird strike.

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South Korea has vowed thorough investigations to find what caused a plane crash that killed 179 people, saying that it will also inspect all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines.

An airliner landed without wheels and burst into flames as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Sunday.

Investigators from the NTSB and Boeing were expected to join the investigation into South Korea's deadliest air crash.

After two leaders were impeached in as many weeks, a deadly plane crash has prompted South Korea’s feuding political camps to temporarily halt a protracted power struggle.

South Korean officials are looking for the cause of a passenger jet crash that killed 179 people, in one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s aviation history.