Jeju Air Crash Black Box Data Loss

A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 jet, flight 7C2216, crashed on December 29 while attempting to land at South Korea — Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing 179 of 181 people on board. The South Korean transport ministry revealed that the flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped recording four minutes before the accident, a surprising discovery suggesting a rare complete power cut. The investigation, involving South Korea and the United States — National Transportation Safety Board, is probing the cause of the data loss, a reported bird strike, faulty landing gear, and the design of a concrete barrier (localiser) at the end of the runway. The incident has led to a national outpouring of mourning, the barring of Jeju Air's chief executive from leaving South Korea, and the resignation offer from South Korean Transport Minister Park Sang-woo.