Yonhap news agency quoted South Korean investigators as saying that vital data from the last four minutes before the explosion has not been found in the black box of the Jeju Air Company passenger plane that crashed last month.
Analysis conducted by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) showed that both the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the B737-800 aircraft stopped recording approximately four minutes before the aircraft collided with the localizer structure. Had done it.
The accident occurred at 9:03 am on December 29, when the Jeju Air flight collided with a concrete mound at the end of Muan International Airport, which housed the localizer equipment, but skidded off without deploying the landing gear. The black box stopped recording at 8:59 am, making it difficult for investigators to fully assess the events leading up to the crash.
Officials said that although FDR and CVR data are important for the investigation, they are not the only source of evidence. “The investigation includes analyzing multiple sources of information, including air traffic control records, video footage of the crash and debris from the site,” officials said, Yonhap reported.
Parts of the black box were sent to the NTSB last week. South Korean investigators who participated in the analysis are expected to return on Monday to continue the investigation.
South Korean officials have confirmed that 179 people were killed and two out of 181 were rescued after a plane crash in the Muan region of South Korea.
