The tragic crash involving a Jeju Air (7C) Boeing 737-800 at Muan Airport (MWX), South Korea, killed 179 people. The incident, which followed a failed landing gear deployment, revealed a troubling issue with the aircraft’s black boxes.
South Korean officials confirmed that both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) stopped recording approximately four minutes before the crash.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) further analyzed the devices and corroborated the finding that crucial data from the last minutes of the flight were missing.
Investigations are ongoing to determine why the black boxes failed to record during this critical period.
PS: This is very strange as one engine was running. How both the CVR & FDR lost power is a puzzle. These should even have had battery backup.
South Korean officials confirmed that both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) stopped recording approximately four minutes before the crash.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) further analyzed the devices and corroborated the finding that crucial data from the last minutes of the flight were missing.
Investigations are ongoing to determine why the black boxes failed to record during this critical period.
PS: This is very strange as one engine was running. How both the CVR & FDR lost power is a puzzle. These should even have had battery backup.
