South Korea officials have on Saturday confirmed that the black box of Jeju Air failed to record four minutes before the deadly crash occurred.
The revelation was also confirmed by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board that said both flight data and cockpit voice failed to capture anything minutes before the airplane went down.
On 29th December, the airline belonging to Jeju Air skidded off the runway after its landing gear failed to deploy. It then hit a concrete wall before bursting into flames. All but two of the 181 passengers died after the incident.
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Immediately after its occurrence, the black box was sent over to NTSB for analysis after they discovered some information was missing. It was then that it was discovered that it was not working before the crash.
“Data from the CVR ( cockpit voice recorder) and FDR (flight data recorder) are crucial in investigating accidents, but such investigations are conducted through the examination and analysis of various sources of information, and we plan to do our utmost to determine the cause of the accident,” read the report
South Korean investigators further confirmed that traffic controllers had warned the pilot that a bird strike which then occurred and that the pilot was attempting an emergency landing when the crash happened.
Muan airport is also in the process of repairing its localizer system which was damaged after the incident. It has been discovered that the system could have been developed using lighter material which could fail at any slight hit.
