INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four minutes
before the accident, the transport ministry said on Saturday.South Korean investigators previously said the flight data and cockpit voice
the airliner operated by Jeju Air reported a bird strike.Authorities investigating the crash plan to analyse what caused the black boxes to
stop recording, the ministry said in a statement.The voice recorder was initially analysed in South Korea, and, when data was found to be
National Transportation Safety Board laboratory, the ministry said.Black box recorders collect data on communications involving pilots in
the cockpit as well as how the aircraft systems perform in-flight.Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed the Thai capital Bangkok for Muan in
29, exploding into flames after hitting an embankment
Only two people survived - crew members who were sitting in the tail section.Two minutes before the pilots declared a Mayday emergency call,
backup, may have been cut, which is rare.The transport ministry said other data available would be used in the investigation and that it
said the transport ministry should not be taking the lead in the investigation and that it should involve independent experts, including
those recommended by the families.The investigation has also focused on the embankment the plane crashed into, which was designed to prop up
