According to South Korea’s transportation government, authorities have finished removing data from one of the dark boxes from the destined Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday.
The pilot words recorder’s information will now be converted into an audio file, though authorities said it would take longer to access the data in the second black box, a flight information record, which is missing a crucial part.
Researchers hope that the trip and voice recorder data will reveal important information about the tragedy’s defining moments.
The aircraft crashed into a framework and exploded, killing 179 people, making it the deadliest helicopter crash ever to occur on North Korean soil.
Investigators are currently debating the best way to decode the trip data recorder, which now lacks a critical connector, according to deputy minister for legal aviation Joo Jong-wan.
To assist in the investigation into the collapse of the Jeju Air plane, authorities from the US National Transportation Safety Board have traveled to Muan.
When the Boeing 737-800 crashed-landed at Muan International Airport on Sunday, it slid into a roof off the airport, burst into flames, and killed the passengers on board, with the exception of two members of the crew.
Several questions remain unanswered, and investigators are investigating the possible role a bird attack or weather conditions may have had.
The people on aircraft 7C2216 were aged between three and 78 years older, although most were in their 40s, 50s and 60s, according to Yonhap media company. Authorities have reported that two Thai citizens are among the deceased, and the rest are thought to be South Korean.
Officials had to discover the bodies through prints or DNA, as well as mouth from family members, as many of them had been seriously damaged.
But on Wednesday, acting leader Choi Sang-mok announced that all 179 patients on board the flight have now been identified.
In order to show respect for the victims and their families, New Year’s Day events across the nation have been canceled or canceled, and authorities have set up a seven-day phase of national mourning.
Kim Yi-bae, the CEO of Jeju Air, stated at a press conference on Tuesday that the airline would provide funeral expenses and was preparing for the victims ‘ families.
He added that a pre-flight examination of the aircraft had revealed” no problems.” Studies into the cause of the fall are still being conducted.