Families of the victims of the devastating helicopter crash in South Korea in December have lodged a complaint against 15 persons, including the transport minister and the aircraft chief, who they believe are to blame for the accident that claimed the lives of all but two of the 181 passengers. The Jeju Air crash has already been the subject of an investigation by police and government officials, so the complaint is generally seen as a metaphorical step that calls for a more detailed and swift investigation. Some grieving families complain that efforts to find out what caused the catastrophe and who is to blame fail miserably. According to their attorneys and police, 72 grieving relatives reported the problem to the Jeonnam Provincial Police firm in southwestern South Korea on Tuesday.
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According to a speech from a lawyer’s group supporting the relatives, the 15 individuals cited in the issue include the transport secretary, Jeju Air’s leader, and airline officials who deal with maintenance and safety issues, as well as officials at Muan International Airport, who are in charge of preventing animal strikes, air traffic control, and hospital administration. We can’t help feeling deeply depressed and angry four months after the crisis, according to a statement from a grieving family member, Kim Dae-hye. Although police have so far simply voluntarily done so, according to Lawyer Lee So-Ah, the problem will formally require officers to inform grieving people of their research. After its getting items failed, the Boeing 737-800, which was operated by Jeju Air, skidded off the runway, slamming into a concrete construction, and igniting flames at the Muan airports on December 29. Regulators have since claimed that the jet’s two black boxes stopped recording about 4 hours before the fall and that they have since discovered evidence of animal strike in the engines. Some experts disagree that the concrete construction, which housed a set of transmitters called localizers that guide aircraft on landings, should have been constructed with lighter materials that could break more easily when impact. No one has been charged with criminal negligence in the fall, which is the country’s deadliest aviation accident since 1997, and no one has been named as the cause of the accident. Representatives from the Jeonnam Provincial Police firm confirmed that they have been looking into the incident. They said a long investigation would be necessary for a difficult incident like the Jeju Air crash, but they did not say when they plan to finish their investigation.
