The black packing containers of the passenger jetliner that crashed in South Korea final month killing 179 individuals stopped recording about 4 minutes earlier than the crash, South Korean officers stated Saturday.
After analyzing the units, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded that each the flight information and cockpit voice recorders stopped working about 4 minutes earlier than the crash, the South Korean Transportation Ministry stated.
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air skidded off a runway within the South Korean city of Muan on Dec. 29 after its touchdown gear did not deploy, slamming right into a concrete construction and bursting into flames, killing all however two of the 181 individuals on board.
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South Korean officers additionally despatched the black packing containers to the NTSB for nearer examination after discovering that a few of the information was lacking.
The transportation ministry stated it wasn’t instantly clear why the units did not file information within the final 4 minutes.
“Knowledge from the CVR ( cockpit voice recorder) and FDR (flight information recorder) are essential in investigating accidents, however such investigations are performed by means of the examination and evaluation of assorted sources of data, and we plan to do our utmost to find out the reason for the accident,” the ministry stated in an announcement.
South Korean investigators have stated that air visitors controllers warned the pilot about doable fowl strikes two minutes earlier than the plane issued a misery sign confirming {that a} fowl strike had occurred, after which the pilot tried an emergency touchdown.
After the crash, authorities instantly ordered an inspection of all 737-800 plane operated by the nation’s airways – dozens of planes in whole – after the crash.
South Korean officers have additionally pledged to enhance airport security after specialists linked the excessive loss of life toll to Muan airport’s localizer system, the construction hit by the plane because it crashed. The localizer, a set of antennas designed to information plane throughout landings, was housed in a concrete construction coated with filth on an elevated embankment. This has raised questions on whether or not the construction ought to have been constructed with lighter supplies that may break extra simply upon influence.
