NTSB and Boeing to assist in South Korea plane crash investigation

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Source: Scripps News

Posted 4:20 PM, Dec 30, 2024


179 lives were lost Sunday after a JeJu Air passenger jet crash-landed at a South Korean airport. Only two people survived. Now, officials are working to figure out the cause.

Footage showed the flight skidding down the runway, its landing gear seemingly not deployed. It then hit a fence, resulting in a fiery crash.

“It’s always heartbreak, because you know that these are people with families, people who are deeply loved,” said Kristy Kiernan, associate director of the Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The institute has received a philanthropic gift from Boeing, but it has no other connection to the company.

The plane’s flight data and cockpit audio recorders have been recovered, but what caused the crash is still unclear. Kiernan said the timing on what happens next is key.


Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/world/ntsb-and-boeing-to-assist-in-south-korea-plane-crash-investigation

[Wicked Blue]

1. Of course Boeing wants to investigate the crash of a plane that it manufactured

Nothing suspicious there

[EX500rider]

2. You are correct, there is nothing suspicious there, the manufacture of the plane is usually involved..

...in any post crash investigation, they know more about the planes systems then anyone.

Also the Boeing 737-800 has a very strong safety record, Boeing data from 1959 to 2023 shows the 737-800 recorded just 10 fatal accidents that damaged aircraft beyond repair, one of lowest rates in the industry when compared to the number of flights they’ve flown.

As of September 2024, a total of 7,126 737NG aircraft had been ordered, of which 7,112 had been delivered,