South Korea reports first findings on the Jeju-Air crash

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The South Korean authorities, which examine the Jeju Air aircraft crash last month, have a provisional accident report to the UN Air Travel Authority on Monday and to the authorities of the United States , france and transmitted.

continuous investigations on the serious flight accident

The investigation into the In the history South Korea are still in progress. The report published on Monday focuses on the role of a "bird strike" and includes an analysis of the engines and the "localizer" state lead. It was emphasized that "all investigative activities aim to determine the exact cause of the accident."

international guidelines for accident investigations

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN agency, obliges accident investigators to draw up a preliminary report within 30 days of the accident and recommend that a final report will be published within 12 months.

Details of the crash

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which came from Bangkok and was originally supposed to fly to the Muan International Airport, shot the runway and had to carry out an emergency landing on the stomach. It crashed into the localizer structure, which led to the death of 179 of the 181 people on board. Experts suspect that the localizer structure, which consists of reinforced concrete and earth material and supports the antennas of the system, was a cause of the accident.

First results of the investigation

The report emphasizes many of the first results of the South Korean investigators who were shared with the members of the victims on Saturday. These included talks from the pilots about a swarm birds that they had seen during the last approach.

The exact time of the bird strike registered by the pilots remains unconfirmed, as the accident report indicates, but the aircraft issued an emergency report during a go-outruit due to a bird strike.

examinations of the engines

When examining both engines, spring and voinunts were found. After the impact into the ground, there was a fire and a partial explosion. Both engines were laid out in the ground of the dam, and the front fuselage scattered up to 30-200 meters from the dam. The report also notes that it is unclear why the two data recorder stopped recording data shortly before the emergency landing. At that time, the plane was at a height of 152 meters and flew at 298 km/h when the black boxes stopped operating.