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Jeju Air jet black boxes stopped recording before crash: transport ministry


Bird strikes are a serious threat to aircraft at many of Korea's airports, and the problem is likely to worsen in the coming years with the introduction of more regional airports a...

Search operations underway by emergency personnel near Muan International Airport, southwestern Korea, Jan. 4, following the crash of a Jeju Air passenger plane that killed 179. But it appears that the boxes holding clues to the flight's final moments experienced data loss, leaving the authorities trying to find out what happened by other means. Rival parties later formed a joint task force to probe the crash, while Transport Minister Park Sang-woo offered his resignation this week.

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