The investigation into the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil remains ongoing, focusing on the role of bird strike and involving an analysis of the engines and the "localizer" landing guidance structure.

Air crash investigators found evidence of a bird strike on a commercial jet that crashed in South Korea, killing 179 people on board. A preliminary report released by authorities Monday stated that both engines on the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 jet contained duck DNA,

The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea has confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.

Investigators have released a report that casts further light on the Jeju Air disaster that claimed the lives of 181 people on board, with only two people surviving the crash last month

Preliminary report by South Korean authorities said that both Boeing 737-800 engines had DNA traces from Baikal Teals, migratory ducks which winter in large flocks in South Korea.

Investigators say they have found evidence of a bird strike on a passenger plane that crashed in South Korea in December and killed 179 people. ..

The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirms traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines.

The six-page report released by South Korean authorities a month after the crash said that both engines of the Boeing 737-800 jet contained DNA from Baikal Teals, a type of migratory duck that flies to South Korea for winter in huge flocks.

Authorities have suggested that migratory bird strikes were the cause of last month's deadly plane crash in South Korea, according to multiple reports.

Duck remains were found in both engines of the Jeju passenger jet that crashed last month, killing 179 people in the worst air disaster in South Korea’s history.