The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, the transport ministry said on Saturday. So

The missing data deepens the puzzle of what caused the deadly air disaster in Muan, South Korea, late last month.

South Korean and United States investigators are still probing the cause of the crash of Jeju Air flight 2216.

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,

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.

Jeju Air jet’s ‘black box’ stopped recording just minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan airport on December 29, the transport ministry said on Saturday. Without the black box data, the flight information and cockpit voice recorders are missing.

The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete

While the explosion occurred at 9:03 am on December 29, FDR and CVR ceased recording data starting at 8:59 am, making it challenging for investigators to analyse the situation

Ultimately, the plane crashed, killing 179 people in South Korea’s worst aviation disaster. A standard pre-flight inspection found “no issues” with the Jeju Air passenger plane before it crashed.

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,