Tag #Black Box

Why did the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of the Jeju Air flight 7C2216 fail to record data in the crucial minutes before the crash?

On December 29th, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan Airport in South Korea, resulting in 179 fatalities and only two surviving crew members. The plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped recording approximately four minutes before impact, raising crucial questions about the cause of the crash. Investigators are currently analyzing the recorders in the US, seeking to understand why data acquisition ceased before the accident.