On December 29, 2024, the audio recording device in the cockpit of the disaster plane reportedly captured the conversation between the captain and the co-pilot at the time. At 8:57:34 a.m.,,, the captain asked, "Where are you going?" the co-pilot replied, "Exactly," and when the captain said, "Change it quickly," the co-pilot disengaged the autopilot. They had begun preparing to land at Muan Airport, and while descending, the control tower warned of approaching birds. Twenty-one seconds later, the co-pilot spotted a flock of birds and reported a huge number below. The accident investigation committee estimated that the number of flocks of ducks approaching the runway reached 50,000. At 8:58:18, the captain said, "I can't do it," and gave up on landing, then went back to flight two seconds later, but six seconds after the decision to go back, at 8:58:26, the audio record showed a 'thud thud' as the bird was hit. The first officer shouted for him to raise the nose, and at 8:58:35 , the captain declared serious damage and began operating according to the emergency manual, changing the throttle to manually control engine output, turning off one engine , and pulling the switch to shut off the engine fire took 15 seconds. The process of turning off one engine appears to have been carried out according to the manual, following mutual confirmation between the captain and co-pilot, but from 8:58:50 a.m., right after the left engine shut down, all the plane's black boxes were reportedly turned off. Because of this, the 1 minute and 15 seconds of the plane's attempt to land were recorded as the tense 1 minute and 15 seconds before ascending and colliding with the currents,,, but there are no records of the subsequent fuselage landing or collision with the concrete hill. According to data from the control tower, 6 seconds after the black box shut down, The pilot shouted the emergency signal 'Mayday' three times, and four minutes later, at 9:02 a.m ., the crash occurred, resulting in the disaster. The interim investigation results from the 181-page accident investigation committee still contain missing parts. It's not a small matter, but the most important issue is that the black box was out for four minutes from 8:58:50 when the pilot of the accident jet turned off the left engine, and ,,,although the internal damage to the left engine was relatively less than that of the right, the pilot turned off the left engine while unable to analyze why the pilot made this choice. As a result, controversy over the Investigation Committee's findings is expected to continue in the parliamentary investigation until the end of this month.
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