The preliminary report was released by the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday in South Korea.

By Jack Kim and Lisa Barrington SEOUL (Reuters) -Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with authorities still trying to determine what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.

SEOUL: Investigators have found evidence of a bird strike in the crash of a Jeju Air passenger plane in South Korea in December, which resulted in 179 fatalities.Feathers and blood stains discover

South Korean authorities have concluded the search and recovery operations, as well as the investigation, into the crash of a Jeju Air plane on Decem

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South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they will change the concrete barriers used for navigation at some airports across the country after the Jeju Air crash that left 179 people dead.

Traces of bird strikes were found in the engines of the Jeju Air plane which crashed in South Korea last month, killing all but two of its 181 passengers, according to a preliminary report. Feathers and bird blood stains were found in both engines of the aircraft which crashed at Muan International Airport on 29 December,

The black boxes of a plane that crashed in South Korea last month failed to record the final four minutes of the flight before the crash that killed 179 people on board, officials said in a preliminary report.