The primary report on final month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed the aircraft’s two black packing containers stopped recording about 4 minutes previous to the crash that killed 179 folks on board.
The preliminary accident report launched by South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday mentioned the flight information and cockpit voice recorders on the Boeing 737-800 had stopped working, confirming what the nation’s Transportation Ministry initially mentioned earlier this month.
South Korean officers had despatched the gadgets to the U.S. Nationwide Transportation Security Board for nearer examination after discovering that a number of the information was lacking. It remained unclear why the gadgets stopped recording.
The report additionally discovered traces of chicken strikes – feathers and chicken blood stains – in each the aircraft’s engines, although officers have but to find out what brought on the crash.
“The samples have been despatched to specialised organizations for DNA evaluation, and a home group recognized them as belonging to Baikal teals,” the report mentioned, referring to a migratory duck.
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The wreckage of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by South Korean finances airline Jeju Air lies at Muan Worldwide Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photograph/Ahn Younger-joon, File)
The aircraft skidded off the runway at Muan Worldwide Airport on Dec. 29, 2024, after its touchdown gear didn’t deploy, slamming right into a concrete construction and bursting into flames. Solely two of the 181 folks on board survived.
Specialists from the NTSB and joint investigation group between the U.S. and South Korea verify the location of a aircraft crash at Muan Worldwide Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Dec. 31, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap by way of AP, File)
The flight was getting back from Bangkok and all of the victims have been South Koreans besides for 2 Thai nationals.
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Investigators earlier mentioned that air site visitors controllers warned the pilots about attainable chicken strikes two minutes earlier than the plane issued a misery sign confirming {that a} chicken strike had occurred, after which the pilots tried an emergency touchdown.
The preliminary report mentioned the pilots additionally seen a bunch of birds whereas approaching the runway on the Muan airport and {that a} safety digital camera had filmed the aircraft coming near birds throughout an aborted touchdown.
The report mentioned authorities will disassemble the engines, look at their elements in depth, analyze the black field and air site visitors management information, and examine the embankment, localizer and chicken strike proof to finally decide the reason for the crash.
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Officers mentioned the report has been despatched to the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group, Thailand, the U.S. and France, including that the plane was constructed within the U.S. and its engines in France.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
