After analyzing the devices, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded​ that both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped working about four minutes before the crash.

South Korea said it planned to improve the structures housing the antennas that guide landings at its airports this year after December's fatal crash of a Jeju Air plane, which skidded off the runway and burst into flames after hitting such a structure.

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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to improve the structures housing the antenna that guide landings at its airports this year following December's fatal crash of a Jeju Air plane, which skidded off the runway and burst into flames after hitting such a structure.