Family members of victims of Jeju Air crash in South Korea: ”Disclose accident records...We will sue those responsible”

The families of the victims of the Jeju Aircraft Accident in South Korea have requested the Air and Railroad Accident Investigation Commission, the agency investigating the accident, to clarify the suspicions and plan to file charges against those responsible for the accident.
The families of the victims of the Jeju Air crash said in a statement on the 7th, "Despite the fact that 179 people died in a passenger plane accident, it is being forgotten without any investigation into the truth or punishment of those responsible.
"The Air and Railway Accident Investigation Commission should release all information to the families of the deceased," they said. The families of the deceased said, "The records of communication between the control tower and the pilot, the records of the black boxes, etc. should be released, and the information on the aircraft should be disclosed."
"We need to know what happened to the engine, when the bird strike occurred and how the pilots responded."
"The Air and Railway Accident Investigation Commission has used international regulations and only provided a very limited and selective amount of information,"
"The government has made the family members aware of the incident and have them sign a non-disclosure agreement, and has not even accepted any questions from them," he said. "This raises reasonable doubts that the government is not independent from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and this is a case of a cover-up (
The bereaved families further pointed out that "in the 2018 Indonesian Airlines crash and the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, local accident investigation agencies conducted investigations into the control tower and
"Communication records and flight and engine data were made public in a transparent manner," it said, pointing out that the Korean investigation committee's policy of non-disclosure also violates international practice.
Gwangju Local Bar Association Jeju Air Accident Legal Support Group and Lawyers for a Democratic Society Gwangju Jeonnam
The branch also said in a statement on the same day, "The relationship between the time of the collision with the bird and the time when the accident plane made a go-around is unclear," and "Active investigation by the investigative authorities is urgently needed."
The legal support group continued, "The investigation committee announced that the engines of the aircraft had already lost power before the accident, but at least the right engine continued to operate until the aircraft made a belly landing.
"It can be confirmed that the system was functioning," he said, adding, "The aircraft flew 17km after the collision with the bird, but the investigation committee did not thoroughly investigate this."
At the same time, they also announced their intention to file a complaint against those responsible for the accident on the 13th of this month.
At around 9:03 a.m. on December 29th of last year, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 departed from Bangkok, Thailand and landed at Muang
) airport, the plane made a belly landing and collided with an airport facility. Of the 181 passengers on board, 179 died, and two were rescued.
In connection with the investigation into the accident, an advisory group of private experts will be established to help the bereaved families understand the situation.