South Korea’s Choi orders immediate action on aircraft inspection as crash probe ramps up | U.S. & World [Video]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Thursday immediate action must be taken if a special inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated in the country finds any issues as authorities ramp up a probe into Sunday’s deadly air crash.

The conversion of data from the Jeju Air 7C2216 cockpit voice recorder to audio file should be completed by Friday, Choi told a disaster management meeting, which could provide critical information on the final minutes of the doomed flight.

All 175 passengers and four of six crew members were killed on Sunday when the Jeju Air jet belly-landed at Muan International Airport in the country’s southwest and slammed into an earth-and-concrete embankment, bursting into flames.

Two crew members, located near the tail of the Boeing 737-800, survived.

“As there’s great public concern about the same aircraft model involved in the accident, the transport ministry and relevant …