South Korean authorities are continuing to investigate the Jeju Air plane crash incident, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced today (January 18) that the closure time of the crash site at Wusuun International Airport has been extended to April 18.
According to Reuters, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by Jeju Air crash-landed at Wusuun International Airport on December 29 last year, touching down on its belly and skidding off the runway, hitting a barrier and exploding into flames, resulting in 179 fatalities on board.
This is the deadliest air disaster in South Korea’s history, with only two crew members located at the rear of the plane surviving.
Following the crash, Wusuun International Airport was originally scheduled to reopen on January 7 this year, but South Korean authorities have extended the closure time and today announced an extension until April 18.
Additionally, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently stated that the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR), commonly known as black boxes, stopped recording four minutes before the crash, posing challenges to the ongoing investigation.
(Source: Central News Agency)