South Korea's transport ministry has extended by a week special inspections of all 101 of the Boeing 737-800 jets run by the country's airlines, as jet engine maker GE joined a probe into the deadliest aviation disaster on the country's soil.

South Korean investigators lifting wreckage from the tail section of Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed on landing at Muan Airport killing 179 people on board. South Korean air safety officials are heading the investigation,