South Korean investigators said Friday they expected to find more human remains as they began lifting the wreckage of the Jeju Air jet that crashed on landing last weekend killing all but two of the 181 passengers and crew aboard.

By Hyunjoo Jin and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police said on Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday's crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country's soil.

South Korea was set Friday to move the tail section of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last week, killing 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil, officials said.The investigation is headed by South Korean air safety officials,

Jeju Air’s passenger plane smashed into a concrete wall after an emergency landing at Muan international airport in South Korea

King Charles has sent his condolences to the victims of the South Korean plane crash, which killed all but two of the 181 people on board on Sunday.

Hours after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, killing 179 people on board in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil, a photo of an aircraft's burnt out fuselage was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the wreckage.

South Korea's government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to Jan. 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air jet that killed 179 passengers on board.

South Korea’s transport minister is resigning because he feels “heavy responsibility” for the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people last month. A Jeju Air aircraft carrying 181 passengers and crew crashed at the Muan international airport on 29 December in what was the country’s worst air disaster.