Disaster at Jeju Air: Why the BlackBox failed and cost 179 life

Disaster at Jeju Air: Why the BlackBox failed and cost 179 life

Südkorea - A devastating aircraft accident of the South Korean cheap airline Jeju Air shaked the world on December 29. In the crash of a Boeing 737-800, only two crew members survived, while 179 people lost their lives. It is tragic that the two black boxes, the flight data writer and the voice recorder, stopped operating around four minutes before the crash, which makes the investigation significantly more difficult. This alarming information was announced by the South Korean Ministry of Transport on Saturday.

The pilot had put an urgent emergency call due to a bird strike shortly before the accident and tried to land in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, the plane set up without a driven chassis and slipped over the runway unchecked, which finally hit it against a wall. Investigators of the South Korean authority have already contacted the US aviation security authority NTSB to clarify the exact circumstances of the Blackbox failure. The investigation in the United States confirmed the demolition of the records, but the cause remains unclear, as the Ministry of Transport reported. Due to the lack of crucial data, the investigators are required to clarify the cause of the accident in a comprehensible manner.

focus on critical security

critics are responsible for the massive concrete barrier, which was part of the control system at the end of the runway, for the high number of victims, since the machine rammed on the impact. The discussions about modernization of the security infrastructure are now gaining intensity, while those affected are looking for answers and justice. In view of the heavy tragedy, the question remains: How could it happen that essential data was not recorded? These questions continue to be unanswered, while the search for explanations for this catastrophe continues, such as . and SPIEGEL reported.