On Sunday, a low-cost airline Boeing crashed into a concrete wall at the end of the runway. The accident caused the death of 179 people.
Published on 02/01/2025 09:40
Updated on 02/01/2025 10:52
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South Korean police raided Muan airport on Thursday, January 2, in the southwest of the country, where the crash of a Jeju Air plane killed 179 people. Police also searched the office of Jeju Air in Seoul and an office of the regional aviation authority in Muan. “The police intend to quickly and rigorously determine the cause and responsibility for this accident in accordance with the law”she said in a press release. According to the Yonhap news agency, these searches were ordered to “professional negligence resulting in death”. Furthermore, the boss of Jeju Air, Kim E-bae, was prohibited from leaving the territory by the police.
On Sunday morning, budget airline Jeju Air Flight 2216, coming from Bangkok, landed on its belly at Muan Airport and slammed into a concrete wall at the end of the runway, folding in two and catching fire. . Only two of the 181 people on board the plane – a hostess and a steward – survived the accident, the worst air disaster in history to occur on South Korean soil.
South Korean and American investigators are working at the crash site, where the two black boxes of the Boeing 737-800 were found. The damaged flight data recorder must be analyzed in the United States, Vice Minister of Aviation Joo Jong-wan announced on Wednesday. The second black box, which contains the cockpit conversations, gave rise to a first data extraction.
