Jeju Air ‘black box’ data missing from last 4 minutes before crash, South Korea ministry says By Reuters

Jeju Air 'black box' data missing from last 4 minutes before crash, South Korea ministry says By Reuters

By Hyunjo Jin and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Flight data and the cockpit voice recorder on a Jeju Air plane that crashed on Dec 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the plane crashed into a concrete structure at South Korea’s Muan airport, the transport ministry said on Saturday. Authorities investigating the disaster that … Read more

Russia clears thousands of tons of contaminated sand after Black Sea oil spill By Reuters

Russia clears thousands of tons of contaminated sand after Black Sea oil spill By Reuters

(Reuters) – Russian rescuers have cleaned up more than 86,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil on both sides of the Kerch Strait after an oil spill in the Black Sea last month, the Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday. Oil has leaked from two aging tankers that were hit by a storm on December 15. … Read more