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Pilots turned off the left engine instead of the right – the most damaged after a bird shock, according to a new report.
The drivers of the Korean Company plane Jeju water, who suffered one in December last year, will have been mistakenly dismissed the least damaged engine after the impact on a bird, a source near the investigation indicated Monday.
According to the newspaper, the source said that the elements collected, including the voice recording of the cabin, computer data and a physical switch of the engine found between the wrecks, demonstrate that the pilots shut down the left engine instead of the right When they take emergency measures after the impact with the bird, which occurred moments before the expected landing.
The investigation team, added the source, has “clear evidenceAnd has come to a conclusion, even though the official report was not disclosed due to protests by relatives of the victims.
The investigation to the accident in Muan (southwest of South Korea) has already revealed that Jeju Air, as part of its efforts to maximize the operational profitability of its aircraft, reduces the duration of maintenance reviews to each flight to the legal minimum.
Recently, the company has been criticized due to a short video shared by Jeju Air itself on social networks, where on -board assistants are seen to dance
The rugged plane, a Boeing 737-800he was hit by a bird and eventually landed without triggering the landing train or other braking systems, leaving the track and colliding with a wall at Muan airport.
The plane had departed from the Thai capital, Bangkok, and will have tried an emergency landing. After failing the first attempt due to a breakdown at the landing site, the aircraft could not lock in time and clashed on the airport wall, ending up explode.
In the accident of December 29, 2024 and members of the crew, there were two survivors. The accident was the most serious civil aviation disaster that occurred on South Korean soil and the worst of the year worldwide.
