2nd LD: S. Korea secures black boxes from crashed passenger jet, death toll rises to 167

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's transport ministry said on Sunday that its investigation unit secured both of the two black boxes from a crashed passenger jet that has killed at least 167 people onboard.

An official with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a televised press briefing that the retrieval of both flight data and voice recorders was completed to look into the exact cau