Black field from South Korea aircraft crash didn’t file last 4 minutes, officers say

The black bins of the passenger jetliner that crashed in South Korea final month killing 179 folks stopped recording about 4 minutes earlier than the crash, South Korean officers stated Saturday.
After analyzing the gadgets, the U.S. Nationwide Transportation Security 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 didn’t deploy, slamming right into a concrete construction and bursting into flames, killing all however two of the 181 folks on board.
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South Korean officers additionally despatched the black bins to the NTSB for nearer examination after discovering that among the information was lacking.
The transportation ministry stated it wasn’t instantly clear why the gadgets didn’t 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 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 a press release.
South Korean investigators have stated that air visitors controllers warned the pilot about doable hen strikes two minutes earlier than the plane issued a misery sign confirming {that a} hen 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 complete – after the crash.
South Korean officers have additionally pledged to enhance airport security after specialists linked the excessive demise 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 lined with dust 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.