Can you promise me that they (body parts) will be put back together again?
A middle-aged man shouts at police and airline representatives in Muan, according to BBC's reporter on the spot. Like hundreds of others, he is there to identify the remains of those who died when Jeju's plane crash-landed on Sunday – a heartbreaking and prolonged process.
175 passengers and a crew of six were on board. Only two cabin crew members survived.
The reason for the delayed identification is that the bodies were severely damaged in the crash. DNA technology is required to identify many of the bodies.
In Muan, yellow tents have been set up inside the departure hall to give the relatives who spent the night there some privacy. Monks are on site to support the relatives, writes CNN. Every time a name is read out of an identified victim, sobs and wails erupt, according to media on the spot.
The accident plane was en route from Bangkok and was about to land when the pilot shouted "mayday". After a failed landing attempt, it made an emergency landing, but veered off the runway and crashed into a wall.
The cause of the accident is unclear, but the plane was unable to deploy its landing gear and bird warnings had been circulating in the area.
