(31 Dec 2024)
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Muan, South Korea – 31 December 2024
1. Various of investigators conducting on-site investigation of fatal plane fire
STORYLINE:
Investigators were seen on Tuesday beginning an on-site probe into the fatal plane fire that killed 179 of 181 on board at the Muan International Airport in South Korea.
According to South Korea’s Yonhap News agency, one expert from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, three experts from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and four representatives from Boeing, were seen at the crash site on Tuesday. The Associated Press was not immediately able to confirm this.
On Monday, South Korea’s Transport Ministry said they will look into whether the Muan airport’s localizer — a concrete fence housing a set of antennas designed to guide aircraft safely during landings — should have been made with lighter materials that would break more easily upon impact.
The Ministry also said it plans to conduct safety inspections of all of the 101 Boeing 737-800 jetliners operated by the country’s airlines as well as a broader review into safety standards at Jeju Air, which operates 39 of those planes.
The Boeing 737-800 plane operated by South Korean budget airline Jeju Air aborted its first landing attempt for reasons that aren’t immediately clear.
Then, during its second landing attempt, it received a bird strike warning from the ground control center before its pilot issued a distress signal.
The plane landed without its front landing gear deployed, overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into a fireball.
Sunday’s crash, the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades, triggered an outpouring of national sympathy.
Many people worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the disaster as it grapples with a leadership vacuum following the recent successive impeachments of President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the country’s top two officials, amid political tumult caused by Yoon’s brief imposition of martial law earlier this month.
AP video shot by Seong-bin Kang
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