Public opinion is exerting great pressure to ascertain the causes of Jeju Air’s 2216 in . The authorities have collected all the necessary evidence from the scene of the accident and have now focused on three points.
According to the police, “in relation to the December 29th plane crash, an investigation and seizure has been underway since 9 a.m. on January 2 at three locations: Muan Airport, Jeju Air’s offices in Seoul and a regional air service”.
Why have the investigations been focused there?
What are the reasons that research has focused on these three areas?
- At Muan Airport they are checking whether all the necessary protection measures have been observed. Mainly if the position of the fixed obstacle was within the permitted limits.
- At JeJu Air’s offices, investigators are looking into everything about the plane’s condition and whether it was able to fly safely. For this reason, the company’s CEO has been banned from leaving the country.
- The regional airline is investigating whether any negligence played a role in the deaths of the 179 passengers.
The questions that demand answers
Researchers still have . But mainly because none of the plane’s landing gear worked. As you can see from the videos, the landing wheels never came down, and the flaps don’t seem to have been in the right position either.
A possible mechanical failure could answer these questions. However, the specific systems also have a backup mode which could have been activated. But why were the pilots unable to activate any of them?
Certainly the collision with a flock of birds offers a possible explanation. It could hit some “sensitive” spot on the spindle causing a generalized problem. But no one can be absolutely sure that she was the only one who caused all the problems.
The answers in the black boxes
It is likely that many of the questions will be answered. The data investigations will focus on the time period from the time the pilots issued a distress signal until the abnormal landing on the runway.
On the plus side, investigators have found the two black boxes and are trying to collect evidence. However, according to “” they do not have the expertise to decode them.
For this reason, the data they collected will go to the USA where it will be processed by experts. At the same time, analysts in South Korea have focused on the cockpit recorders to hear what the two pilots were talking about in the fatal moments.
