In addition, the company’s offices and the airport where the incident occurred will be analyzed. The search warrant is due to possible charges of professional negligence resulting in death.
After the Jeju Air airline plane crash that occurred on Sunday, in which more than 180 people died, the president of the company was prohibited from leaving the South Korean country. Searches were also made at the Muan airport, where the incident occurred, at the airline’s offices.
“The investigation team imposed a travel ban on two individuals, including Jeju Air president Kim E-bae“said the Police of South Jeolla province, where the accident occurred, specifically in the city of Muan. In addition, the Police carried out searches at the Muan airport and the airline’s offices.
Researchers of South Korea and USAsome from the manufacturer Boeing, trace the location of the event to establish its causes. The two black boxes were found and are being analyzed.
Special inspections will be carried out after the ban on the CEO
“In relation to the plane accident that occurred on December 29, a search operation is being carried out. search and seizure” at Muan airport, the Jeju Air office in Seoul and a regional aviation office, police said in a statement. According to the local press agency Yonhapthe search warrant obeys possible charges of professional negligence resulting in death.
After the accident, South Korean authorities announced that all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating in the country will undergo special inspections, focusing on the landing gear, which appears to have failed in Sunday’s incident.
What is known about the Jeju Air plane crash
A passenger plane caught fire on Sunday after skidding off the runway at a South Korean airport and crash into a concrete wall after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. Most of the passengers died in the air disaster, one of the worst in the country’s history.
With only two survivors, it is the deadliest plane crash in South Korean history. Jeju Air flight 2216, from Bangkok, crashed upon landing at Muan airport, about 290 kilometers south of the capital, Seoulat 09:03 (00:03 GMT), according to the Ministry of Territories.
It had issued a distress message after a first landing attempt, during which the control tower warned the crew that the aircraft had been hit by birds. A video broadcast by the South Korean channel MBC shows the plane landing with smoke coming out of their enginesapparently without landing gear. The plane skids off the runway and is engulfed in flames.
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