The death toll from a plane crash at the Muan International Airport in South Korea has risen to 96, according to the South Jeolla Fire Service.
The dead included 47 males, 48 females, and one child whose gender is unconfirmed.
Most of the remaining passengers and crew are presumed dead, according to an earlier update from the fire service.
The number of survivors remains at 2, both crew members, one male and one female, according to the on-site fire service team.
The Jeju Air jetliner was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it crashed Sunday morning.
Rescue workers will search for the black box flight data recorders on the Jeju Air flight that crash-landed at Muan International Airport Sunday after they have recovered the remaining victims, according to a Transport Ministry briefing.
The flight data recorders, or so-called "black boxes," offer aviation safety investigators critical facts when piecing together an incident.
More than 700 personnel from the police, military, and coast guard have been mobilised for on-site response efforts, the ministry added.
Muan Fire Department authorities said rescuers are working to identify the victims and record the exact locations where people died.
The dead will be brought to a mortuary at the airport and will be released for burial once the identification process is complete.
Source:https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation
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