South Korea Enacts a Change
The Boeing 737-800 skidded off a runway in the South Korean city of Muan on Dec. 29 after its landing gear failed to deploy, slamming into the concrete structure and bursting into flames, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan airport,
The nation’s transport ministry reviewed structures near airport runways after the deadly crash of a Jeju Air flight late last month.
South Korean officials sent the voice recorder to be analyzed at an NTSB lab in the US after they discovered data was missing.
South Korea will tear down concrete walls at several airports, including Muan International Airport, after the Jeju Air plane crash in December.
Son Chang-wan, a former president of the state-run Korea Airports Corporation, who spearheaded a controversial facility upgrade at Muan International Airport, was found dead at his home in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province,
SEOUL: South Korean authorities said on Wednesday (Jan 22) they will change the concrete barriers used for navigation at some airports across the country after the Jeju Air cra
South Korea will remove concrete embankments from airports after the county’s deadliest domestic air disaster. The wall installed at Muan International Airport will be removed following December’s Jeju Air crash that killed almost 200 people.
The two flight recorders on board a South Korean airliner stopped working before the jet crashed during an emergency landing and subsequent crash that killed 179 of the 181 people on board, officials said Saturday.
North Korea's KCNA did not mention either whether leader Kim Jong Un had attended the sessions, nor did it report any decisions on foreign policy.
South Korea’s economy has effectively stalled, with growth hovering around 0% for three straight quarters from April to December 2024. For the first time in 26 years since the Asian financial crisis,