Investigators are focusing on the black boxes from the Jeju Air plane that crashed in South Korea on New Year's Day, killing 179 people. The data from the flight and cockpit voice recorders is crucial to understanding what led to the Boeing 737-800's crash landing at Muan International Airport. Officials are working to identify the cause, which may involve a bird strike, landing gear problems, or other control system issues.
SEOUL, South Korea — The black boxes from the Jeju Air plane that crashed in South Korea on Sunday are the center of focus as a joint team of U.S. and South Korea n investigators work to determine the cause of the deadliest aviation disaster of 2024.
Data from the two black boxes, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, will be instrumental in determining what happened in the minutes before the Boeing 737-800 crash-landed at Muan International Airport in the country’s southwest, killing 179 of the 181 passengers and crew members on board. Officials said Wednesday they had finished formally identifying all 179 victims overnight and that 11 bodies had been returned to their families, allowing funerals to begin. “Today is New Year’s Day, a day meant to be spent with family, which makes the sorrow even greater,” Choi Sang-mok, South Korea’s acting president, said in a New Year’s Day address. “I offer my prayers for the souls of the victims and extend my deepest condolences once again to the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones.” Choi became acting president on Friday, two days before the crash, after his predecessor, Han Duck-soo, was impeached by lawmakers just two weeks into the job. South Korea is in a state of political turmoil after a failed attempt to declare martial law last month by President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is awaiting trial after also being impeached. Choi said “a comprehensive analysis of the aircraft, black box data and other factors will ultimately reveal the cause” of the accident, which officials have said may have involved a bird strike, an issue with the deployment of landing gear or problems with other control systems. South Korean investigators are converting data extracted from the cockpit voice recorder into audio files, the transport ministry said Wednesday, a process that could take about two days
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