Two flight recorders from the Boeing aircraft that crashed in South Korea failed just minutes before the disaster.
This was reported by Reuters, citing the Ministry of Transport of South Korea.
The largest aviation disasters in the world over the past 40 yearsCountries that mistakenly shot down passenger planes, what happened to the Polish flight N1, and where aviation disasters most frequently occur due to human error or technical malfunctions.The flight recorders in the cockpit are crucial for determining the causes of the crash, as they contain data about the aircraft's operation during the flight and recordings of conversations between the pilots. The Boeing's recorders stopped recording approximately four minutes after the pilot reported a bird strike. The South Korean government is still analyzing why the failure occurred.
“First, the devices were analyzed by South Korean specialists, then they were sent to the National Transportation Safety Board laboratory in the United States,” the report states.
The Ministry of Transport of South Korea added that the lack of information indicates that all power, including backup systems, was lost before the crash. According to them, such an occurrence is rare.
Reuters also reports that the investigation will focus on the embankment that the aircraft collided with. It was supposed to support the locator system that assists during landing but was too rigid and located too close to the end of the runway.
Recall that the aviation disaster occurred on the morning of December 29 at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province: a Jeju Air aircraft operating a flight from Bangkok skidded off the runway and crashed into a barrier. As a result, 179 people died, with two survivors.
Currently, the cause of the accident is believed to be a landing gear failure after a bird strike.
The acting president of South Korea, Choi Sang-mok, ordered an emergency safety inspection of the entire air transportation system in the country following the Jeju Air crash.
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