One year after the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash that killed 179 people, families gathered at Muan International Airport to demand answers and a thorough investigation.
President Lee Jae-myung apologised and pledged reforms to prevent future tragedies, while the government investigation board has yet to release a final report.
00:00A year after the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil, families of the 179 victims gathered at Mwan International Airport on Monday, demanding answers and a thorough investigation into the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash.
00:18Hundreds surrounded the battered concrete embankment where the Boeing 737-800 crash landed without its landing gear deployed,
00:26slammed into the barrier and exploded into a fireball on December 29th, 2024.
00:34Grief and frustration were palpable as relatives, angered by what they described as a lack of progress, lit candles on a cake and sang Happy Birthday for 16 victims born in December.
00:47There are only people who have been arrested, but there are no people who have been arrested.
00:54So, this is why people who have been arrested, the investigation will be done properly.
01:04President Lee Jae-myung, who took office six months after the disaster, apologized to the families earlier on Monday and pledged reforms to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.
01:15The 1229 your객기 참사 has been shown in our society's fundamental problem and purpose in the history of social issues.
01:22The government-led aviation and railway accident investigation board has missed its one-year deadline to release a final report on the crash.
01:42In a preliminary report issued in January, investigators said both engines sustained bird strikes during an earlier approach to the airport.
01:51In July, they added that the left engine, which suffered less damage than the right, had been shut down before the crash landing.
01:59Few further details have emerged since, with unresolved questions over runway design, including the presence of the concrete embankment and the pilot's actions in the final minutes of the flight.
02:09Parliament is now reviewing proposals to overhaul the Investigation Board.
02:28Families have questioned the Board's independence and expertise, alleging investigators are placing blame on the pilots while overlooking other contributing factors.
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