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South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok has declared a week-long mourning period from Sunday to January 4, following the deadly airliner crash at Muan International Airport. He first thought the noise was from an oil tanker accident, as there are many oil tankers nearby, Reuters reported. When he realized it was a plane that crashed, he thought that wild geese could have caused the disaster. Im Young Hak, who owns a seafood restaurant near the site of the crash, told Reuters he saw “a big dark smoke” and heard multiple explosions around 9 a.m. Images of the crash published by the Yonhap news agency World news showed only the tail section of the plane intact, surrounded by flames.

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The former prosecutor has been banned from leaving the country and is facing a string of investigations, including potential charges of leading an insurrection – a crime punishable by life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Han Duck-soo, the man who stepped in to replace Yoon as acting president, was impeached by parliament on Friday. Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general of the US Department of Transportation, said one of the engines may have gone down or the plane’s indicators could have been damaged.

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The dead included 47 males, 48 females and one child whose gender is unconfirmed. Boeing has extended its condolences to those who lost loved ones in Sunday’s air crash in South Korea and said it was in contact with the carrier Jeju Air. Among those killed, 54 are male and 57 are female, while the gender of 11 remains undetermined, according to the authorities. Among the total, 71 are male and 69 are female, while the gender of nine deceased has not been confirmed, as the bodies of the victims were so badly damaged, according to the authority. “Only the tail part retains a little bit of shape, and the rest of (the plane) looks almost impossible to recognize,” the fire chief said.

The comments came after Lee Jeong-hyun, the head of the Muan Fire Department, briefed the media that the cause was “estimated to be the occurrence of a bird strike or bad weather”. “We extend our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones and our thoughts remain with the passengers and crew,” the company added. He added that the aircraft involved in the disaster had no history of accidents. The control tower instructed the plane to land in the opposite direction on runway no.19. The pilot followed the instructions and the plane struck navigation equipment on the ground before crashing into a wall.

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The number of survivors remains at two – both crew members, one male and one female – according to the fire service. A week of mourning will be held in South Korea’s Jeolla province to remember the victims of the plane crash, a provincial official said during a briefing on Sunday. So far, the death toll of the devastating crash stands at 177, the fire service said, leaving just two of the 181 people who were on board the plane unaccounted for.

Experts have urged local officials not to speculate on the disaster’s cause until more information is available. • Local fire officials and aviation experts say some sort of landing gear malfunction was likely. The pilot also made a mayday call shortly after the control tower warned about birds in the area.