Jeju Air plane's black boxes stopped recording four minutes before the crash

The black boxes recovered by the South Korean authorities from the Boeing 737-800 airplane of Jeju Air stopped recording four minutes before the aircraft crashed. This was reported by Reuters on January 11, citing the country's transport ministry.

"Flight data and cockpit voice recorders of the Jeju Air plane that crashed on December 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner crashed into a concrete structure at South Korea's Muang airport," the publication said.

According to the piece, an investigation will be conducted to find out the reason why the black boxes stopped recording.

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Thecrash of a Jeju Air plane while landing at Muang Airport occurred on December 29, 2024. According to the airport authority, the plane crashed while landing on the fuselage due to 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 recovered black boxes from the plane, including a sound recording device. The country declared seven days of national mourning in connection with the crash.