Seven domestic airports, including Muan, were found to have embankments or foundations made of concrete or steel that needed to be changed

The two flight recorders on board a South Korean airliner stopped working before the jet crashed during an emergency landing and subsequent crash that killed 179 of the 181 people on board, officials said Saturday.

South Korean authorities said they will change the concrete barriers used for navigation at airports around the country after the Jeju Air crash that left 179 people dead.

Two people, both flight attendants, are the only survivors of the crash and are being treated at South Korean hospitals.

After overcoming pariah status at the end of the last century, South Korea must learn what caused the catastrophe on Dec. 29 and what lessons to draw from it.

The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed Jeju Air flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.

Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea's history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up record passenger numbers and flying its aircraft more than domestic rivals and many of its global peers,