Former, current gov’t officials excluded from Jeju Air crash probe to ensure fair investigation

Transport Minister Park Sang-woo speaks with households of victims of the Jeju Air crash at Muan Worldwide Airport, Muan, Jan. 5. Yonhap

The federal government has excluded former and present senior officers from taking part in an investigation into the latest Jeju Air airplane crash to keep away from conflicts of curiosity and guarantee a good and goal probe, the transport minister mentioned Tuesday.

Transport Minister Park Sang-woo introduced the plan to exclude such figures from the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board, which is tasked with investigating the deadly Dec. 29 crash that claimed 179 lives.

„To obviously decide the reason for the accident, we are going to proceed the investigation in compliance with worldwide norms and home legal guidelines to make sure equity,“ Park mentioned throughout a press briefing held on the authorities advanced within the central metropolis of Sejong.

Park defined that Chang Man-hee, chairman of the board and a former ministry official, and Joo Jong-wan, head of the ministry’s aviation coverage workplace serving as a standing board member, have been excluded from all board actions.

Moreover, Park mentioned information transcription of the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed B737-800 plane has been accomplished and that the separate flight information recorder from the airplane was transported to the US on Monday for evaluation.

Relating to the controversy surrounding the localizer construction at Muan Worldwide Airport, which has been recognized as an element that exacerbated the accident, Park mentioned authorities are nicely conscious of considerations and can swiftly enhance the buildings at airports in consideration for security. (Yonhap)