A authorities panel investigating the Jeju Air airplane crash in late 2024 mentioned Wednesday it’s going to maintain a public listening to early subsequent month to announce the interim outcomes of its investigation.
The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) affiliated with the transport ministry mentioned it’s going to maintain the general public listening to in Seoul on Dec. 4 and 5 after probing the deadly accident on Dec. 29 final 12 months at Muan Worldwide Airport that claimed the lives of 179 passengers and crew members.
However the group of bereaved households vowed to boycott and block the general public listening to, questioning the neutrality and independence of the ARAIB.
A Jeju Air jet from Bangkok erupted into flames after crashing into the localizer’s concrete mound because it overshot the runway when it made an emergency stomach touchdown on the airport, South Jeolla Province.
The ARAIB mentioned the general public listening to, the eighth step of the 12-step plane accident investigation course of, is meant to substantiate the info investigated to date and conduct technical verification.
The listening to will include a session on chook strike and localizer services on Dec. 4, and one other session on plane fuselage and aviation on Dec. 5, the ARAIB mentioned, anticipating they’ll publicly confirm the technical questions and the info which were confirmed to date.
The bereaved households’ group, nonetheless, demanded that the general public listening to be canceled, saying they can not belief the investigation outcomes from the ARAIB.
“It is laborious to belief the investigation outcomes from the ARAIB, which stays below the affect of the transport ministry, because the ministry itself should take accountability for the accident,” Kim Yu-jin, head of the bereaved households’ group, mentioned.
Kim mentioned the bereaved households have demanded the investigation course of be suspended till the jurisdiction over the ARAIB is transferred to the prime minister’s workplace.
