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Seoul, South Korea:
A black box containing flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the downed Jeju Air flight that killed 179 people stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea’s transport ministry said on Saturday.
The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Moan, South Korea, carrying 181 passengers and crew on December 29 when it landed upside down at Moan Airport and burst into flames after hitting a concrete barrier. Exploded.
“Analysis revealed that both CVR and FDR data were not recorded during the four-minute period that led to the collision with the aircraft’s localizer,” the transport ministry said in a statement, referring to the two recording devices. .
A localizer is a barrier at the end of the runway that helps aircraft land and was blamed for increasing the severity of the crash.
“Plans are in place to investigate the cause of the data loss during the ongoing accident investigation,” the statement added.
South Korean and American investigators are still investigating the cause of the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash, which sparked national mourning with memorials across the country.
Investigators have pointed to bird strikes, faulty landing gear and runway obstruction as possible problems.
The pilot warned of a bird strike before exiting the first landing, then crashed after the landing gear failed to deploy on the second attempt.
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