Plane Crash in South Korea: What the 'Black Boxes' Showed.

As a result of the passenger plane crash of Jeju Air at Muan Airport in South Korea, the flight and cockpit voice recordings were interrupted four minutes before the collision. The analysis of the 'black boxes' revealed a lack of data, which was therefore sent to the National Transportation Safety Board laboratory in the USA.

Several minutes before the crash, the pilots reported a bird strike and declared an emergency. The controllers also warned of increased bird activity in the vicinity of the airport. The flight and cockpit voice recordings stopped before the crash.

Experts from the Ministry of Transport found that the data outage in critical moments before the crash was an unexpected event. There is a suggestion that all power sources, including backups, were turned off, although this happens quite rarely.

The Ministry additionally reported that other available data will be used for the investigation to ensure transparency and provide information to the families of the victims.

Some family members of the deceased expressed disagreement with the Ministry of Transport conducting the investigation and called for the involvement of independent experts recommended by the families.

The passenger plane Jeju Air crashed while landing at Muan Airport. The aircraft went off the runway and collided with a fence, resulting in a fire.

The accident occurred at 9:07 AM local Time. There were 175 passengers and 6 crew members on board. Currently, there are reports of 179 fatalities and 2 survivors.