First visit to the scene of the disaster..."I can't even open my eyes properly and just cry".

[Anchor]
Today is New Year's Day 2025, and Muan International Airport, where the plane disaster occurred, celebrated the New Year in a heavy atmosphere.

Four days after the accident, the bereaved families were able to visit the scene of the accident near the runway for the first time.

Reporter facial expression went to the scene.

[Reporter]
The tail of the plane was blackened, and debris from the aircraft was scattered in all directions.

On the fourth day after the Jeju Air plane disaster, bereaved families visited the accident site for the first time.

[Park Hyun-shin / Representative of the bereaved family: Everyone will move to the scene of the accident. The bereaved families. It took this long to get there.]


More than 700 bereaved families traveled to the scene of the accident with New Year's food for their families.

The bereaved family's eyes were fixed on the tail of the fuselage and the burnt ashes as they got off the bus one after another.

Faced with an accident plane that has not been seen closely, the tears that I have endured burst.

The reporters were not able to accompany them, but the cries of the bereaved families were heard more than 200 meters away from the scene of the accident.

Rice cake soup and fruits were placed outside the yellow control line to set up a memorial service.

Bow twice and say New Year's greetings to your mother, father, son, daughter, or sister or brother.

Every time I bow, I'm reeling from the thought of my younger brother, who would have been trapped in a hot fire.

I greet my child by singing his name, which he could only see from a distance at the airport for four days.

After the site visit, some bereaved families collapsed while crying and were taken to 119 ambulances.

[Victim's bereaved family: When I went there, I couldn't believe it with my eyes.... Really, don't go to hot places in heaven.... ]

It's a scene I've been wanting to go to, but when I arrived, I couldn't even get it right in my eyes with a terrible heart.

[Victim's bereaved family: I couldn't even see the body properly because I was crying. I just laid flowers, poured a drink to my nephew, and just shed tears.]

A government official who was holding back tears next to the bereaved family eventually wiped away the tears.The visit to the accident site

was reportedly discussed by the government and the bereaved family's delegation to make a simple memorial service for the New Year's Day.

Authorities said they will continue to provide support, including running a psychological support group for bereaved families and running a 24-hour field clinic.

In the meantime, since all the victims have been identified, funeral procedures will be carried out one after another after the body is delivered to the bereaved family.

On the second day of the new year, the first of 179 victims will also be declared.

Even though the new year has come, the time for bereaved families has still stopped on the day of 2024, when the disaster took place.

I'm YTN's facial expression Woo.

Filmmaker; Jeon Jae-young, Yeo Seung-gu, On Seung-won; Kwon Min-ho, Lee Geun-hyuk, Lee Kang-hwi
Edit Video;Lee Eun-kyung