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Asharq Al-Awsat
14-03-2025
- Automotive
- Asharq Al-Awsat
South Korea Says Battery Pack Is Possible Cause of Air Busan Fire
A spare power bank is a possible cause of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane in January, South Korea's transport ministry said on Friday, citing interim investigation results. Scorch marks on the debris of a power bank found where the fire was first detected indicate the blaze may have started because insulation inside the battery had broken down, the statement said. Investigators cannot yet state what may have caused the breakdown, however, according to the statement. Lithium batteries in devices such as laptops, mobile phones, electronic cigarettes and power banks can produce smoke, fire or extreme heat when manufacturing faults or damage cause them to short circuit. No abnormalities in the plane's own electrical systems have been identified, the statement said. The fire on Jan. 28 was first detected in a luggage bin above row 30 on the left side of the plane about 20 minutes after the delayed flight to Hong Kong from Busan, in South Korea, had been scheduled to depart, investigators have said. All 170 passengers and six crew were evacuated from the Airbus A321ceo plane, which the fire destroyed. South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board is leading the investigation. Friday's investigation update is not a final accident report, which states are obliged to produce within a year of an incident, according to global aviation standards. Aviation has long recognized lithium batteries as a safety concern, and rules are periodically tightened in response to accidents. From March 1, South Korea changed rules on carrying batteries onboard flights, including keeping power banks and e-cigarettes with passengers and not in overhead bins, and not charging devices on board. Last year three incidents every two weeks of overheating lithium batteries on planes were recorded globally by the US Federal Aviation Administration, compared to just under one a week in 2018.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Preliminary report suggests bird strikes caused December's Jeju Air crash in South Korea
Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Authorities have suggested that migratory bird strikes were the cause of last month's deadly plane crash in South Korea, according to multiple reports. "The samples were sent to specialized organizations for DNA analysis," read part of an initial report on Monday via South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. The Dec. 29 accident that killed 179 of 181 people on board was the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil. Officials revealed in the first of several other reports to arrive that shredded pieces of bird were discovered in both engines of the Boeing 737-800. "And a domestic organization identified them as belonging to Baikal teals," which is a type of migratory duck known to fly in larger numbers for the winter season to the Korean Peninsula. Two crew members on board Jeju Air flight 2216 managed to survive after the passenger jet made a belly landing at 9:03 a.m. local time at Muan International Airport, where it burst into flames after attempting to land on runway 19 but running off its edge and striking an embankment. The preliminary findings, according to South Korea's transportation ministry, will be submitted to aviation officials in the United States, France, Thailand and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Meanwhile, the investigation is still ongoing with several unanswered questions remaining. The pilots made an emergency call in the attempt to land and initially warned of a bird strike. It was reported earlier this month that the two flight recorders stopped working at about 161 knots and at an altitude of 498 feet just minutes before the airliner exploded with no landing gear down. However, the six-page report did not clarify why both recorders failed simultaneously. The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, commonly referred to as the "black boxes," both stopped functioning roughly four minutes before the deadly crash, according to the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Meanwhile, South Korean ministry officials added it will take several months to analyze further data.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Airliner's final 4 minutes of recordings are missing after crash that killed 179: investigators
The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed the plane's two black boxes stopped recording about four minutes prior to the crash that killed 179 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Boeing 737-800 had stopped working, confirming what the country's Transportation Ministry initially said earlier this month. South Korean officials had sent the devices to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board for closer examination after discovering that some of the data was missing. It remained unclear why the devices stopped recording. The report also found traces of bird strikes – feathers and bird blood stains – in both the plane's engines, though officials have yet to determine what caused the crash. "The samples were sent to specialized organizations for DNA analysis, and a domestic organization identified them as belonging to Baikal teals," the report said, referring to a migratory duck. South Korea Plane's Final Moments Captured On Video Before Hitting Concrete Barrier, Triggering Explosion Read On The Fox News App The plane skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, 2024, after its landing gear failed to deploy, slamming into a concrete structure and bursting into flames. Only two of the 181 people on board survived. The flight was returning from Bangkok and all the victims were South Koreans except for two Thai nationals. Russia Being Blamed For Azerbaijan Airlines Plane That Crashed Hundreds Of Miles Off Course, Killing Dozens Investigators earlier said that air traffic controllers warned the pilots about possible bird strikes two minutes before the aircraft issued a distress signal confirming that a bird strike had occurred, after which the pilots attempted an emergency landing. The preliminary report said the pilots also noticed a group of birds while approaching the runway at the Muan airport and that a security camera had filmed the plane coming close to birds during an aborted landing. The report said authorities will disassemble the engines, examine their components in depth, analyze the black box and air traffic control data, and investigate the embankment, localizer and bird strike evidence to ultimately determine the cause of the crash. Click To Get The Fox News App Officials said the report has been sent to the International Civil Aviation Organization, Thailand, the U.S. and France, adding that the aircraft was built in the U.S. and its engines in France. The Associated Press contributed to this article source: Airliner's final 4 minutes of recordings are missing after crash that killed 179: investigators
CBS News
27-01-2025
- General
- CBS News
South Korea's Jeju Air plane crash probe finds duck DNA in both engines of jet that burst into flames in Seoul
Seoul, South Korea — The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven't determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday said that feathers and bird blood stains were found in both engines. "The samples were sent to specialized organizations for DNA analysis, and a domestic organization identified them as belonging to Baikal teals," the report said, referring to a migratory duck. The report also said the plane's two black boxes — the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — stopped recording about four minutes before the crash. This could complicate efforts to find the cause of the crash. The Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runaway at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29 after its landing gear failed to deploy, slamming into a concrete structure and bursting into flames. The flight was returning from Bangkok and all the victims were South Koreans except for two Thai nationals. Many analysts said the concrete structure, which housed a set of antennas called a localizer that guides aircraft during landings, should have been built with lighter materials that could break more easily upon impact. South Korea's Transport Ministry announced last week that it will remove the concrete structure at the airport. Investigators earlier said that air traffic controllers warned the pilots about possible bird strikes two minutes before the aircraft issued a distress signal confirming that a bird strike had occurred, after which the pilots attempted an emergency landing. The preliminary report said the pilots also noticed a group of birds while approaching the runway at the Muan airport and that a security camera filmed the plane coming close to birds during an aborted landing as well. The report said authorities will disassemble the engines, examine their components in depth, analyze the black box and air traffic control data, and investigate the embankment, localizer and bird strike evidence. "These all-out investigation activities aim to accurately determine the cause of the accident," the report said. The Transport Ministry said the preliminary report has been sent to the International Civil Aviation Organization, Thailand, the United States and France. It said the plane was built in the U.S. and its engines in France. It said the Muan airport will remain closed until April 18.
The Guardian
27-01-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Bird remains found in both engines of crashed Jeju Air jet, report says
An investigation into the deadliest ever air disaster on South Korean soil has found duck remains in both engines, according to a preliminary report, suggesting the passenger jet hit birds before slamming down on the runway. While officials have not yet determined the cause of last month's Jeju Air crash that killed all but two of the 181 people onboard, the report released on Monday said feathers and bird bloodstains were found inside the Boeing 737-800's engines. 'The samples were sent to specialised organisations for DNA analysis and a domestic organisation identified them as belonging to Baikal teals,' said the report from South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. Baikal teals are a type of migratory duck that fly to South Korea for winter in large numbers. The pilots made an emergency call while attempting to land and warned of a bird strike. Air accidents are usually caused by several factors and bird strikes are relatively common. The six-page report did not go beyond factual details and several questions remain, not least why the jet abandoned its first landing attempt and then turned around to land on the same runway in the opposite direction – a rare manoeuvre as pilots prefer to land into the wind, which helps with stability and braking. The jet touched down late on the runway at high speed with no landing gear deployed and no apparent use of the wing flaps, which are lowered for landing. After sliding down the runway, the plane hit a dirt-and-concrete embankment built to house navigation equipment, and burst into flames. Investigators have been stymied by a lack of usable data from the black box recorders, which stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner exploded. Previously, this has occurred when there was an onboard electrical failure. South Korean authorities will be under pressure to avoid a repeat of the aftermath of the Sewol ferry disaster in April 2014 in which more than 300 people died, mostly high school students. Many relatives of the victims complained that it took authorities too long to identify the dead and to establish the cause of the accident. Under global aviation guidelines, a final report is expected within a year. Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report
