US and Boeing aviation experts arrive at Jeju Air crash site

Aviation experts of the U.S. government and representatives of the Boeing Company arrived at the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the Jeju Air Company at the Muang airport in South Korea. This was reported by Yonhap agency on December 31, citing an official source.

It is specified that one representative of the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration, three members of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board of the United States together with four Boeing experts and 11 South Korean experts are studying the wreckage at the crash site.

"South Korean and U.S. investigators have discussed the timetable, procedures and specific directions of the investigation," said Joo Jong-wan, head of the civil aviation division of South Korea's transportation ministry.

After the inspection, the investigation participants will examine the evidence obtained and begin deciphering the black boxes. In addition, as it became known that one of the flight recorders was damaged. It is noted that the experts will decide whether they will try to decipher the damaged recorder in the Republic or send it for study to the National Transportation Safety Board in the United States.

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The crash of the Jeju Air plane while landing at Muang Airport was reported on Dec. 29. Authorities are conducting an investigation at the scene to determine the exact cause of the crash. According to the airport authority, the plane crashed on landing on the fuselage due to a landing gear failure before it could shed speed. There were 181 people on board the airliner: 175 passengers (173 South Korean citizens, two from Thailand) and six crew members, two of whom survived. The bodies of all 179 dead have been recovered.

South Korean authorities have retrieved black boxes from the plane, including a sound recording device. The country has declared seven days of national mourning in connection with the crash.

The New York Times noted that the plane's crew may have faced a fatal combination of factors that contributed to the crash. For example, the pilot of the plane may not have had full control of the engines and landing gear when it landed. This deprived him of his primary means of slowing the airplane's speed. In addition, he did not activate the flaps, which would have also helped reduce the airplane's speed. The concrete structure that the airplane crashed into was also a key cause of the crash.