Name: A year on, doubts remain as Jeju Air crash report is delayed
Uploaded: 2025-12-26T11:08:33.410Z
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Description: A South Korean investigation into the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people is set to miss a one-year deadline to release a progress report, two officials said, as frustrated relatives of the victims continue to demand answers about what went wrong.

A South Korean investigation into the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people is set to miss a one-year deadline to release a progress report, two officials said, as frustrated relatives of the victims continue to demand answers about what went wrong.

Seoul

A year after the Jeju Air crash at Muan Airport, which resulted in 179 fatalities, families of the victims continue to express frustration over the lack of a conclusive investigation report. The official interim update has been delayed, with officials from the Accident Investigation Board declining to provide a timeline for its release.

Preliminary findings indicated bird strikes to both engines and pilot actions during the emergency, but families argue that other factors, such as airport infrastructure, have not been fully examined. In response to ongoing protests and demands for transparency, South Korea's parliament is set to initiate an independent investigation into the crash.

A year on, doubts remain as Jeju Air crash report is delayed

Forty-two-year-old Yoo Kum-ji held a one-person protest in Seoul on Wednesday. It's her way of demanding answers on South Korea's investigation into the Jeju air crash that killed 179 people. Yoo lost both of her parents in the crash. It feels like all kinds of doubts are just growing bigger and bigger. In the meantime, a year has gone by, and it feels like the frustration is only continuing to build. On December 29, 2024, the Boeing 737-800 made an emergency belly landing at Muan Airport. It overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete embankment, and erupted into a fireball. Days before its first anniversary, two officials of the country's Accident Investigation Board said they will not be in a position to release the interim update. Both officials declined to be identified. In a preliminary report in January, investigators said both of the plane's engines had sustained bird strikes. While in July, investigators said that the pilots shut off the last damaged engine after the bird strike. Family members of the victims said investigators appeared to blame the pilots without exploring other factors. They pointed at the concrete structure beyond the end of the runway that likely made the disaster far more deadly. All we want is for authorities to admit they were wrong if they did wrong, and apologize. Apology and a proper disclosure of the truth, which is to find out the true cause of the crash. That is what we want. On December 1, Yoo joined other victims' families in protest. They shaved their heads and rallied in front of the presidential office. A transport ministry official told bereaved family members this month that it would examine their concerns. South Korea's parliament will launch an independent probe into the crash on Tuesday.

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