Bird feathers, blood found in engines of plane
SEOUL (Reuters) - The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan airport, the transport ministry said on Saturday.
Recording of flight data ceased four minutes before Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people, says transport ministry.
SEOUL - South Korea plans to improve the structures housing the antenna that guide landings at its airports this year following December
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.
South Korea is set to enhance the structures housing the antennas that facilitate landings at its airports, following the December incident where a Jeju Air aeroplane crashed after skidding off the runway. The Boeing 737-800 hit one such structure at Muan Airport, leading to a fire.
Thailand's Ambassador to South Korea, Tanee Sangrat, and Herald Media Group CEO Choi Jin-young discussed ways to boost economic and cultural diplomacy on Wednesday. The discussions took place during a courtesy visit by Sangrat to the Herald Media Group headquarters in Yongsan.