Korea, US begin analysis of crashed plane’s black box

The second engine for the crashed JEju Air aircraft is lifted to be despatched for investigation on the crash website of Muan Worldwide Airport, Jan. 4. Yonhap

Korea and the USA have begun an evaluation of the crashed Jeju Air aircraft’s flight information recorder (FDR), and their joint investigation workforce is rushing up a probe of key elements of the wreckage, together with engines and major wings, on the crash website, a high authorities official right here mentioned Wednesday.

Performing Inside Minister Ko Ki-dong made the remarks at a gathering of the Central Catastrophe and Security Countermeasure Headquarters, vowing to conduct an goal and truthful investigation into the reason for the crash in compliance with worldwide requirements and related legal guidelines.

„The investigation might be carried out by home and worldwide specialists, and its course of and outcomes might be disclosed as transparently as potential,“ Ko mentioned.

The 2 international locations have already established a 23-member joint investigation workforce that features U.S. specialists from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board to look into the reason for the crash that claimed 179 lives at Muan Worldwide Airport, in southwestern Korea, on Dec. 29.

Earlier this week, the aircraft’s FDR, additionally known as a black field, was despatched to the U.S.

Ko additionally mentioned a devoted assist group might be established inside this month to raised talk with the bereaved households of the aircraft crash victims. (Yonhap)