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The tragic last words of a passenger on board the ill-fated Jeju Air plane that crashed and has so far claimed 179 lives in South Korea have been revealed.

Jeju Air flight 7C2216, carrying 181 people from Bangkok, Thailand, attempted to land at South Korea’s Muan International Airport shortly after 8 p.m.

According to the agency News1, a passenger sent a disturbing text message to a relative in which he mentioned that a bird was stuck in the plane’s wing. Their last message read: “Shall I say my last words?”

Families of the victims are gathering at the airport as officials continue their efforts to search through the wreckage.

Senior Transport Ministry official Joo Jong-wan said workers have retrieved flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the plane’s black box, which will be examined by government experts investigating the cause of the crash and fire. Email online

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