Some aviation experts say the damage could have been minimized had the plane not collided with the concrete wall.

Two people, both flight attendants, are the only survivors of the crash and are being treated at South Korean hospitals.

The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims aboard a passenger jet that crash landed over the weekend waited for their loved ones to be identified.