South Korea plane crash investigators extract data from Jeju Air black box

Authorities hope for vital clues as contents of cockpit recorder are converted into audio format

Investigators in South Korea have extracted data from one of two black boxesretrieved from a Jeju Air plane that crashed shortly after landing on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people aboard.

The country's deputy minister for civil aviation, Joo Jong-wan, said initial data had been retrieved from the Boeing 737-800's cockpit voice recorder, and that the contents were being converted into audio format.