Jeju Air flight black box data missing from minutes before crash: S Korea ministry

The voice and data recorders pulled from the wreckage of the Jeju Air Co. jet in South Korea failed to capture the final moments before the Boeing Co. 737-800 made an emergency landing and crashed, depriving investigators of evidence to help understand the cause of the country's deadliest aviation accident.

- Agencies

SEOUL:

Both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders suspended recording for the final four minutes before the plane ploughed into a structure at the end of the runway, the Korean Transport ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

A joint investigation team comprising Korean and US officials is seeking to determine what caused the devices to stop working, according to the statement.