Information extracted from the primary black field, in response to the ministry

Investigators have completed extracting information from one of many black bins of the long run Jeju Air aircraft that crashed on Sunday, the South Korean Ministry of Transport introduced.

Information from the cockpit voice recorder will now be transformed to an audio file, though authorities stated it could take longer to entry information from the second black field – a flight information recorder – which is lacking a crucial part.

Investigators hope flight information and voice recorders will present perception into the essential moments main as much as the tragedy.

Some 179 individuals died after the aircraft crashed right into a construction and exploded, making it the deadliest aircraft crash on South Korean soil.

Deputy Civil Aviation Minister Joo Jong-wan stated investigators have been presently discussing how finest to decode the flight information recorder, which is presently lacking a vital connector.

Officers from the US Nationwide Transportation Security Board have been deployed to Muan to hitch the investigation into the Jeju Air aircraft crash.

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was arriving from Bangkok when it crashed at Muan Worldwide Airport on Sunday and slid right into a wall on the finish of the runway, catching fireplace and killing everybody on board, besides for 2 crew members.

Many questions stay unanswered and investigators are analyzing the function {that a} chook strike or climate situations could have performed.

Passengers on Flight 7C2216 ranged in age from three to 78, though most have been between 40, 50 and 60, in response to Yonhap information company. Two Thai nationals have been among the many useless and the others have been believed to be South Koreans, authorities stated.

It took authorities a number of days to determine the our bodies by way of fingerprints or DNA – together with saliva samples taken from relations – as a result of a lot of them have been badly broken.

However on Wednesday, Appearing President Choi Sang-mok introduced that each one 179 victims aboard the flight had now been recognized.

New 12 months celebrations throughout the nation have been canceled or scaled again out of respect for the victims and their households, and authorities introduced a seven-day nationwide mourning interval.

At a press convention on Tuesday, Jeju Air CEO Kim Yi-bae stated the airline was getting ready emergency compensation for the victims’ households and would cowl funeral bills.

He additionally stated a pre-flight inspection of the aircraft discovered “no issues.” Investigations into the causes of the accident are nonetheless ongoing.