South Korea reveals information about black box of plane crash that killed 179 people

On January 11, the South Korean Ministry of Transport said that the flight data recorder of the Jeju Air airline that crashed on December 29 stopped working 4 minutes before the accident occurred.

The scene of the plane crash at Muan Airport in southwestern South Korea, on the morning of December 29. (Source: Yonhap)

The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder on a Jeju Air plane stopped working four minutes before the plane crashed into a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan airport on December 29, the South Korean transport ministry said on January 11.

On December 29, a Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people returning from Bangkok, Thailand crashed while landing at the international airport in Muan district, southwest of South Korea.

Except for the two flight attendants who survived, the remaining 179 people were killed. All 179 bodies have been found, of which 151 have been returned to their families, and some personal belongings have been identified.

The South Korean Ministry of Transport confirmed that this was the deadliest air accident on South Korean soil and also the most serious accident involving a Korean airline in nearly three decades.

Founded in 2005, low-cost carrier Jeju Air ranks behind only Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines in terms of passenger numbers in South Korea.

The above plane crash marked the first time a Jeju Air plane had a fatal accident.

The incident occurred just three weeks after Jeju Air began operating flights from Muan to Bangkok and several other cities in Asia.

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