All victims in South Korean plane crash identified

All the 179 victims of a deadly passenger jet crash that occurred in South Korea's southwestern airport on Sunday had been identified as of 6:00 Wednesday, the South Korean government said.

The handling of the aftermath and the investigation into its cause are still ongoing, said the authorities.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday morning that the extraction of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) has already been completed, and the data will be converted into audio format for investigation.

Earlier, the commission for the investigation of aviation and railway accidents said that the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) sustained partial damage, and the CVR remained intact.

The Boeing 737-800 of the Jeju Air crashed while landing at the Muan International Airport, some 290 km southwest of Seoul. Of the 181 people on board, only two crew members survived. It was the country's deadliest aviation disaster in nearly three decades.

Because of the estimated landing gear failure, the airplane landed without wheels, skidded off the runway and crashed into the outer wall of the runway, with its fuselage broken apart and catching fire.

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, met with the European Parliament's delegation for relations with China led by chair Engin Eroglu in Beijing on Wednesday.

Li, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to work with the European Union (EU) to strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation, and pursue mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.

He said China stands ready to join hands with the EU to address global challenges, promote exchanges and cooperation among legislative bodies, effectively utilize communication mechanisms, and advance the sound and stable development of China-EU relations.

Eroglu said the EU stands ready to work with China to contribute to the development of EU-China relations.