Families of victims of the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster discovered about 10 objects near the crash site that are believed to be remains.
The 12/29 Muan Airport Jeju Air passenger plane disaster families' council said on the 15th that "while patrolling the outer perimeter of the collapsed airport wall at the time of the crash, we found about 10 objects believed to be remains." It added that aircraft debris that has not yet been collected still remains on the barbed wire of the navigational aid facility.
The families believe the objects found this time are likely remains that were not recovered at the scene. They requested forensic identification of the remains from the South Jeolla Provincial Police Agency's forensic investigation unit.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board initially collected debris from the disaster and piled it behind the airport fire unit, and they are reinspecting it twice a week. In this process, 64 remains were recently found, and nine of them were confirmed to belong to seven victims.
The reason the families patrolled the area around the crash site is that additional remains were found among the debris. The families say a full reinvestigation is needed not only of the debris stored at the airport fire unit but also of the entire area around the crash site.
Meanwhile, President Lee Jae-myung ordered stern disciplinary action against the officials responsible on the 12th after additional remains were found in succession.