A crucial mystery surrounds December’s Korean plane disaster that claimed 179 lives – the black boxes cut out 4 minutes before impact.
South Korea’s transport ministry revealed that both flight data and cockpit recorders on the Jeju Air flight went silent before the crash. They’re now digging into why the “black boxes” stopped working.
After finding gaps in the data during initial checks in South Korea, officials sent the recorders to U.S. safety experts for deeper analysis.
Former transport investigator Sim Jai-dong told ‘Reuters’ that losing data in those final moments might mean the plane lost all power, including backup systems.
The tragic crash, which left just two crew members alive in the back of the plane, is now Korea’s worst aviation disaster. The plane smashed into a wall past the runway at Muan International Airport on Dec. 30th, bursting into flames.
Investigators looking into the cause are considering everything from bird strikes to weather issues.
