SEOUL, South Korea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Families of victims of December’s devastating plane crash in South Korea have filed a criticism towards 15 individuals together with the transport minister and the airline chief who they consider are chargeable for the disaster that killed all however two of the 181 individuals on board.
Police and authorities officers have already been investigating the Jeju Air crash, so the criticism is essentially seen as a symbolic step calling for a swifter and extra thorough probe. Many bereaved households complain of what they see as a scarcity of significant progress in efforts to find out what brought about the catastrophe and who’s accountable.
On Tuesday, 72 bereaved relatives submitted the criticism to the Jeonnam Provincial Police company in southern South Korea, in accordance with their legal professionals and police.
The 15 individuals cited within the criticism embody the transport minister, Jeju Air’s president and airline officers dealing with upkeep and questions of safety, together with officers at Muan Worldwide Airport who’re chargeable for stopping hen strikes, air site visitors management and facility administration, in accordance with a press release from a legal professionals’ group supporting the kinfolk.
“4 months after the catastrophe, we will’t assist feeling deep anger and despair over the truth that there was little progress” within the investigation, Kim Dae-hye, a bereaved member of the family, stated within the assertion.
Lawyer Lee So-Ah stated Wednesday the criticism would formally require police to temporary bereaved households of their investigation, although police have to this point solely voluntarily finished so.
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air skidded off the runaway on the Muan airport on Dec. 29 after its touchdown gear did not deploy, slamming right into a concrete construction and bursting into flames.
Authorities have since stated they discovered traces of bird strike within the airplane’s engines and that the airplane’s two black boxes stopped recording about 4 minutes earlier than the crash. Many analysts stated the concrete construction, which housed a set of antennas known as a localizer that guides plane throughout landings, ought to have been constructed with lighter supplies that might break extra simply upon impression.
However no actual reason for the crash has been introduced and nobody has been legally persecuted but over the crash, the nation’s deadliest aviation catastrophe since 1997.
Jeonnam Provincial Police company officers stated they’ve been investigating the accident. They urged a posh incident just like the Jeju Air crash would require a prolonged investigation however declined to say after they count on to wrap up their probe.