In South Korea, the authorities say they have raided the Muan airport and the offices of the airline Jeju Air due to last week’s plane crash.
According to the news agency Yonhap, the police also conducted a search and seizure operation on the premises of the regional aviation authority on Thursday morning.
According to the authorities, the search warrant was issued based on charges related to negligence that led to the deaths, Yonhap reports.
179 people died in the worst air crash in South Korea’s history when a Jeju Air plane trying to make an emergency landing skidded off the runway and crashed into airport structures.