South Korea: The black boxes of the ill-fated plane were recovered
The South Korean Ministry of Transport announced on Sunday that the flight data recorder had been recovered from the wreckage of the ill-fated plane that crashed at Muan Airport. The International Airport in South Korea, which claimed the lives of more than 170 people.
The British Sky News channel reported that thus the two black boxes of the ill-fated plane had been recovered, as the voice recorder had been recovered earlier today, noting that eight investigators in Aviation accidents and nine observers from the Aviation Safety Administration arrived at the crash site and are conducting a preliminary investigation into the accident.
For his part, a senior official with the South Korean Ministry of Transport stated that the airport runway will remain Closed until the first day of the New Year.
The ill-fated plane was carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members when it took off from Bangkok and made an emergency landing at around nine in the morning, local time, at Muan Airport. International.
Officials believe that a failure in the landing gear – perhaps due to a collision with birds – is the reason behind the accident.
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