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South Korea sends crash plane black box to US

One of the black boxes from the crashed South Korean plane is being sent to the United States for examination.

Deputy Minister responsible for civil aviation Yeah, Jong-wan’s according to the report, it is a damaged flight data recorder, from which it is not possible to get information out in South Korea.

– Today it was agreed to transport it to the United States for analysis in cooperation with the US National Traffic Safety Board, Joo said on Wednesday.

179 people died in the worst plane crash in South Korea’s history last Sunday, when a Jeju Air company plane trying to make an emergency landing skidded off the runway and crashed into airport structures.

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