South Korea’s leading low-cost carrier, heavy with debt and its stock already near record lows, is now facing intense public and government scrutiny.

Officials are inspecting the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of Jeju Air flight 7C2216 and have promised to release updates as soon as possible. The Boeing 737-800 is believed to have suffered a bird strike, but the exact circumstances surrounding its belly landing and subsequent destruction are unclear.

On Sunday, 179 people were killed when Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crashed at Muan Airport after an apparent bird flight caused its front landing gear to malfunction

Maps and diagrams break down the final minutes of Jeju Air flight 2216 that ended in the deadliest air crash in South Korea.

Police investigators are searching the offices of the airport operator and the transportation ministry aviation authority in the city of Muan, as the well as office of Jeju Air in Seoul

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.

South Korea’s transport minister is resigning because he feels “heavy responsibility” for the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people last month. A Jeju Air aircraft carrying 181 passengers and crew crashed at the Muan international airport on 29 December in what was the country’s worst air disaster.

The government will provide 3 million won ($2,000) to the bereaved families of the Jeju Air crash to help with living expenses, while also extending loan maturities for business owners who lost their lives in the tragedy.

More than 5,500 Koreans from all over the country came to Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province to support the bereaved families of the Jeju Air plane crash victims, according to government officials on Monday.