An excavator is used to lift burnt chairs from the wreckage. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

Both Black Boxes Now Recovered from Crashed Airliner

⁠Both black boxes from the South Korean airliner that crashed at the Muan International Airport on Sunday have been recovered, including flight data and voice record, according to a briefing from the Land Ministry.

The ministry said that it appears from videos that the plane’s landing gears were not out, but they will investigate further using flight data from the recording device.

Runways at the international airport will be closed until 5 a.m. local time January 1 (3 p.m. ET December 31), the ministry said.

Rescue work is still underway, the ministry added.

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