Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
South Korean Army soldiers work outside of Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea following the plane crash. | Photo Credit: AP The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two…
Seoul, South Korea: Bird feathers and bloodstains were found in both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December, according to a preliminary investigation released Monday. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Muan in South Korea on December 29 when it crash landed and exploded into a fireball after slamming into…
Read More “Bird Feathers, Bloodstains Found In Crashed South Korea Plane’s Engines: Report” »
Seoul, South Korea: The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed Jeju Air flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea’s transport ministry said Saturday. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Muan, South Korea, on December 29 carrying 181 passengers…
Read More “Jeju Air’s Black Boxes Stopped Recording 4 Minutes Before Crash: South Korea” »
Investigators including officials from South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB), US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, stand by the mound where the instrument landing system localizer is located | Photo Credit: AFP Investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on…
South Korean officials said on Monday (December 30, 2024) they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines, as they struggle to determine what caused a plane crash that killed 179 people a day earlier. Sunday’s crash, the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades, triggered an outpouring of national…
The Transport Ministry said the plane was returning from Bangkok and its passengers include two Thai nationals. Thailand’s Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, expressed deep condolences to the families of those affected by the accident through a post on social platform X. Ms. Paetongtarn said she had ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide assistance…
Read More “South Korea plane crash LIVE: 47 dead as aircraft faced emergency landing gear failure” »