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South Korea plans to improve airport structures after fatal Jeju Air crash

South Korea plans to enhance airport structures after the Jeju Air crash that occurred on December 29, 2024, which resulted in 179 fatalities among 181 passengers aboard the aircraft.
The Transport Ministry identified seven airports with unsafe concrete or steel structures and aims to complete improvements by the end of 2025.
Aviation safety experts criticized the placement of the embankment at Muan Airport, suggesting it contributed to the high death toll in the crash.
A joint memorial for the crash victims is scheduled for Saturday, while recovery efforts for the wreckage are nearing completion.

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The Korea Times

Joint memorial for victims of Jeju Air crash to be held Saturday

A joint memorial for the victims of the Jeju Air plane crash will be held later this week, officials said Wednesday, as efforts to retrieve the plane wreckage were in their final stages.

1 month ago·Korea, Republic of

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Pacific Daily News

GVB: Jeju Air crash cuts 5,000 airline seats for Guam in next 3 months

Jeju Air’s recently announced plans to pull back 10% to 15% of its international flights following a deadly Dec. 29 plane crash will mean a reduction of about 5,000 seats

1 month ago

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The Washington Post

Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows gap in power systems

The investigation into South Korea’s recent deadly plane crash has underscored a shortcoming first identified more than two decades ago – that older aircraft lack the technology to keep the cockpit voice recorder working when the main power sources fail.

1 month ago

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La Libre

Did the Jeju Air plane experience a total electrical blackout? “The pilots tried a desperate maneuver, it must have been panic on board”

The mystery about the causes of the Jeju Air Boeing crash on December 29 remains unsolved. It will be all the more difficult to solve since the two black boxes stopped recording four minutes before the accident. “There is a plausible technical reason”, explains an aviation expert....

1 month ago·Brussels, Belgium

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CGTN

South Korea plans to overhaul airport structures after Jeju Air crash

South Korea said it planned to improve the structures housing the antennas that guide landings at its airports this year after December's fatal crash of a Jeju Air aircraft, which skidded off the runway and burst into flames after hitting such a structure.The

1 month ago·Beijing, China

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New Strait Times

South Korea plans to improve airport structures after fatal Jeju Air crash

SEOUL: South Korea said it planned to improve the structures housing the antennas that guide landings at its airports this year after December’s fatal crash of a Jeju Air plane, which skidded off the runway and burst into flames after hitting such a structure. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

1 month ago·Malaysia

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