The Land Ministry has, for the first time, acknowledged that a key navigation structure involved in the fatal Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport in December 2024 failed to meet safety standards, reversing its earlier position more than a year after the accident that killed 179 people, according to documents released Thursday by a lawmaker.
The acknowledgment was contained in a government-commissioned simulation report, obtained and disclosed by Rep. Kim Eun-hye of the People Power Party, which concluded that all passengers would likely have survived had the concrete mound supporting the airport’s localizer not existed or been designed to break upon impact.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation B
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