Investigators in South Korea are examining data from one of the two black boxes found after a Jeju Air plane crash on Sunday. The crash killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The plane, a Boeing 737-800, was returning from Thailand with 175 passengers and six crew members. It made a mayday call and tried to land at Muan International Airport after its landing gear failed to work properly.
The plane skidded along the runway, hit a barrier, and caught fire. Sadly, everyone except two flight attendants, who were rescued from the back of the plane, died in the crash. South Korea’s Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation, Joo Jong-wan, said that they had already extracted some data from the cockpit voice recorder.
Investigators are working to turn this data into audio so they can hear the pilots’ last conversations. They hope this will help them understand what happened before the crash.
However, the flight data recorder, which could give more information, was found with a missing part. Experts are trying to figure out how to fix it and get the data, but this may take more time. South Korea’s transport ministry also plans to send the flight data recorder to the United States for further analysis.
The investigation is still ongoing, and authorities hope the black boxes will help them find out what caused the crash, which is the deadliest aviation disaster in South Korea’s history.
