Jeju Air Crash: Missing Black Box Data Fuels Questions on Pilot Error and System Failures
The missing data from the Jeju Air flight recorders, specifically the crucial final four minutes before the crash, is raising a lot of questions. This absence of information, confirmed by South Korea’s ministry, is understandably concerning and highlights a critical aspect of aviation safety—the reliability of the “black box.”
It seems many are surprised that the flight recorders didn’t have a backup battery. While some older aircraft models, like the one involved in this incident, may not have been mandated to include them, the general sentiment is that such a safety measure should be standard. The idea that the black box, designed to capture every detail of a flight, could itself fail due to a power outage strikes many as counterintuitive.… Continue reading
Matt Underwood