The Latest Breaking News from Jeju Air

Just two survivors were pulled from the burning wreckage of Flight 2216 at Muan International Airport

Investigators are trying to work out what caused fatal accident in which 179 people died

With volumes thin, US and European equity futures were also pointing lower after losses on Friday that put paid to Wall Street's usual holiday period "Santa Claus rally".

South Korea to inspect Boeing 737-800 planes post-crash, focusing on aviation safety enhancements and investigating possible causes of the tragic incident.

South Korean officials are looking for the cause of a passenger jet crash that killed 179 people, in one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s aviation history

Cries of anguish echoed through a lounge at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Monday as families waited for news of relatives killed in the weekend's Jeju Air plane crash.

US air safety officials and staff from the beleaguered aircraft maker Boeing were arriving to join investigators probing the worst air disaster on South Korean soil, which officials initially blamed on a collision with birds.

Even as experts remain puzzled by Jeju Air crash, they are sceptical a bird strike was sole cause of fatal disaster

Experts allege a 'near-criminal' error contributed to the deaths of 179 passengers in the fatal plane crash in South Korea.