New revelations about the fatal crash in , leaving behind 179 dead are coming to light. The Jeju Air plane had made 13 flights in two 24-hour long journeys.
It is recalled that the Jeju Air plane, arriving from the Thai capital of Bangkok, performed without wheels, went off the runway and burst into flames when it hit a wall at Muan International Airport.
From its flight 7C2216 with 181 people on board, only two crew members, a man and a woman, were rescued from the tail section of the burning plane.
According to the latest information, the two black boxes of the fatal aircraft have been recovered. containing flight data and audio recordings, are expected to aid investigations into the cause of what led to the country’s biggest air crash in more than 30 years.
Initial estimates indicate that a collision with a flock of birds caused damage to the aircraft’s landing gear, however.
Most aviation safety experts believe that the wall at the end of the runway at Muan Airport, where the Jeju Air Boeing 737 crashed, caused the tragedy. .
Journalist Elisavet Kyritsis spoke to “Socionia Ora MEGA” about the plane crash in South Korea.
“Until January 4, national mourning has been declared in the country. Many events in Seoul and many cities that had been organized have been canceled due to the tragedy. In the media, the tragedy is referred to as the “accident – mystery” because the causes are still unknown. As said by the officials from the ministry who have set up a team of Korean and American researchers to see what has happened, they want to find out exactly what has happened,” he said.
The aircraft, according to the report, made 13 flights in two days on long journeys.
The engineers work 14 hours a day
In fact, as mentioned by Elizabeth Kyritsi, various former employees of Jeju Air who have worked as engineers have appeared in various forums. In them they say that an aircraft engineer in such a company works 13-14 hours with a 20-minute lunch break.
Although this company is low cost, it is one of the most popular and travels to many destinations.
Another Boeing of the same company presented the same problem
Yesterday morning at 6.30 am due to a problem with the landing gear.
The news dominating the country is the question of whether there should be that wall at the end of the runway.
It is estimated that it should exist but not in this form.
Mourning for the youngest victim of the air tragedy
Five of the 179 people who died in the tragedy were children under the age of 10, with the youngest, a three-year-old, seen in a photo taken days earlier as he flew to Thailand for his first overseas holiday.
The boy’s father Kang Ko, 43, and his mother Jin Lee Seon, 37, who also died in the plane crash, shared photos of their trip on Instagram just hours before they boarded their flight back to South Korea .
The images, published by local media, were taken in the days before their initial departure for Thailand and depict the beloved family trip.
One of the holiday snaps showed their little boy excitedly looking out of the plane window as they flew to Bangkok, while another heartbreaking post showed the toddler with his passport.
“My son is going abroad for the first time on a night flight and his first passport has no stamp!” his father wrote in the caption of the tragic post, which has been flooded with tributes and messages of condolence for the family.
The last 6 dramatic minutes
The pilot’s last dialogues with the Control Tower confirm the collision of the 737-800 with birds in flight.
8:57 am – Control Tower “Caution – birds, activity”.
8:59 am – Pilot, “Mayday Mayday Mayday Mayday”, “Bird hit, bird hit, I’m turning”
9:00 am – Pilot requests permission to land on runway 19
9:02 am – The plane makes an uneven landing on the runway
9:02:34 am – Control Tower to Fire Department “Possible Crash”
9:03 am – Flight 7C2216 crashes on the embankment
