Jeju Air Will Cut Nearly 1,880 Flights In The Aftermath Of An Accident
Jeju Air Co announced it would cut nearly 1,880 flights in the first quarter of 2025 to improve operational safety following its recent Boeing 737-800 flight crash.
The South Korea's largest low-cost airline, in a press release on Wednesday, said it plans to reduce 1,878 flights consisting of 838 domestic routes and 1,040 international routes, during winter to March.
The company's spokesman said it also plans to close an additional 30 flights in the near future, bringing the total flight reductions to more than 1,900 in the first quarter.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which departed from the capital city of Thailand, Bangkok, headed for Muan in southwestern South Korea, carrying 181 passengers and crew on December 29, 2024, had an accident during an emergency landing at Muan Airport.
The unlucky plane exploded into flames after hitting a structure of a kind of embankment. A total of 179 people died in the accident.
Investigators have pointed to possible causes of the fatal incident, including bird strikes, landing gear damage, and concrete barriers on the runway.
Investigators have managed to secure voice recordings of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Jeju Air plane that crashed, South Korean Government officials said Thursday (2/1).
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation stated that investigators had completed the conversion of data from CVR B737-800 Jeju Air aircraft to voice recordings.
The CVR contains up to two hours of footage, and we have secured the data in its maximum capacity, the ministry said.
Authorities will begin analyzing the voice recordings and compiling transcripts of the conversations.