Jeju Air Pilots Shut Off Wrong Engine Before Fatal Crash, Probe Says

investigators at the site of a Jeju Air crash
Credit: JUNG YEON-JE / AFP / Getty Images
South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) has made progress in its investigation into the fatal December 2024 crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, finding that the left engine shut down by the pilots following a birdstrike retained enough thrust for flight. Jeju Air...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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