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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Justin McCurry in Osaka and agencies

South Korea plane crash investigators extract data from Jeju Air black box

Wreckage aircraft
Wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft is seen during a memorial service for bereaved relatives at the site where the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan international airport. Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images

Investigators in South Korea have extracted data from one of two black boxes retrieved from a Jeju Air plane that crashed shortly after landing on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people onboard.

The country’s deputy minister for civil aviation, Joo Jong-wan, said initial data had been retrieved from the Boeing 737-800’s cockpit voice recorder, and that the contents were being converted into audio format.

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