The closure period of the runway at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, where the Jeju Air passenger plane accident occurred, has been extended for five days until the 19th.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's aviation notice on the 13th, the runway at Muan Airport will remain closed until 5 a.m. on the 19th. The runway was closed until January 1 following the accident on the 29th of last month and has been extended three times until January 7, 14, and 19.
The aviation industry believes that the closure period is being extended as searches and investigations at the accident site continue. The joint investigation team, including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Aviation Railway Accident Investigation Committee and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States, has been conducting on-site investigations since the 31st of last month.
Currently, at Muan Airport, a Jin Air B737-800 passenger aircraft that arrived from Taipei, Taiwan, on the day of the accident remains on the runway due to the closure.