South Korea: In the U.S. for analysis of one black box – Searching for Pilots’ latest communications

Unanswered remains the causes of the very dead air crash in being what is expected to solve the puzzle. South Korea will even send to the United States one of Boeing 737–800’s black boxes that crashed three days ago in Muan, resulting in 179 of the 181 occupants being killed, Deputy Civil Aviation Minister Joo Jung-wan announced. CORVERSE As it is impossible to get out on South Korean territory the information contained in “the flight data recorder, which has been damaged, was decided to be transferred to the United States for analysis in collaboration” with American researchers, Ju explained during media briefing. According to the director-general responsible for air security policy, Yu Kyeong-su, the inspection of all Boeing 737-800 used by national airlines, “focused mainly on the landing system”, as that of the plane that crashed “was not properly opened” before the crash. On Sunday morning (29.12.2024), this Boeing of the South Korean low-cost company Jeju Air, coming from Bangkok, landed with its belly in Muan (southwest South Korea) and fell into a concrete wall at the end of the corridor. CORVERSE In total they died 179 of the 181 occupants, only a stewardess and a flying caregiver survived the disaster, which is the worst air crash to have occurred on South Korea’s territory. Researchers on the spot removed the first data from the other black box, what contains recorded conversations inside the cockpit, Ju had earlier reported. The study of this black box is expected to allow the latest pilot communications to be made known. The criticisms however focus on the architecture of the airport and especially on the presence of the concrete wall on which the plane crashed.