Crashed South Korean Jet’s Black Boxes Missing Final Minutes
Resuce and inspection members in front of the wreckage of Jeju Air Co. Flight 2216 at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29.
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The voice and data recorders pulled from the wreckage of the Jeju Air Co. jet in South Korea failed to capture the final moments before the Boeing Co. 737-800 made an emergency landing and crashed, depriving investigators of evidence to help understand the cause of the country’s deadliest aviation accident.
Both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders suspended recording for the final four minutes before the plane ploughed into a structure at the end of the runway, the Korean Transport ministry said in a statement on Saturday.