Families of the victims of the Jeju Air plane crashed the victims of the answers

The worst site of a flight was on the soil of South Korea. The station is now working at MUAN International Airport as a community center for sadness relatives of 179 people who died in the accident. Families gather here to talk, and eat together – some of them remain overnight in tents.

In this cavernous building in southwestern South Korea I am waiting Anxiously from the news after Gigo Air Force 7c2216 The accident was broken On December 29. Then there were tears and explosions from anger, as officials periodically read the names of the dead, which were identified by many DNA tests.

“We are a family now,” said son Joe Tayek, who lost his son in the accident and was among about 20 people who sat around a row of folding tables that carry water and snacks on the last Saturday. “People here understand what others cannot.”

Recently, the conversation between some sad families has turned towards work: they want to know the cause of the accident. Aircraft-most of which carry vacationers from the end of the year to Thailand-were attached to the runway and quickly preceded until they hit a concrete and exploded in the fire, leaving only two survivors.

Relatives of the dead say they are not satisfied with the defeat of information from officials, and refused to release the records, including texts from the control tower. They want to learn more about the reports of the strikes followed by a bird a few minutes before the landing, how the plane fell without the landing equipment, and why was the Berm that struck him to make room.

In a case of despair, some have turned into books and videos to learn about aviation safety, including how to work as airport, air traffic, routes and jet engines. They are also looking at airport design.

“The priority of the first families is to get the truth,” said the daughter of Mr. Son, at the airport where her brother and girlfriend were killed. “Otherwise, we only rely on investigators, who often use terms.”

Mrs. Sun, who took a vacation for approximately three months of her job in Seoul, said that she felt the need to read Boeing brochures and airline regulations, and she was studying the terms that she had previously meant previously: CVR, FDRand ICAO She was in contact with other relatives who also said they wanted to know more about what could happen.

The South Korean authorities said that it may take more than a year to complete the investigation he faced Obstacles That foiled families. Among them: The aircraft registrar has stopped registering in the last four minutes of the flight.

“Families want to know the reason for the death of their loved ones,” said Park Chuol, a family lawyer. “They also feel that, through study, they make an effort for those who died.”

Some relatives have challenged officials in the accident. They say they are concerned that there are not enough people looking for reason, compared to cases in the United States. Also, the authorities have not been disbursed to their request to issue communications from the control tower at the time of the accident.

The South Korean Ministry of Transport said in a statement that the investigation authority was holding talks with the authorities to increase the number of investigators. She said that the ministry was also considering providing a copy of air traffic control contacts, although it was not usually launched to the public.

Kim Yu Jin has been watching YouTube videos and reading books on previous flight disasters since the death of her parents and brother in the accident. She was looking at the safety features of the aircraft when achieving landing operations.

At Mrs. Kim Café, in the southern province of Gangong, her mother, Jong Sun Sook, was Parista and helped in handing packages. Her father, Kim Duke Won, helped move strawberries and milk, and plans to expand his store on an area of ​​350 square feet.

She said her parents also helped raise her four children. After the accident, she temporarily closed the cafe to focus on her children and deal with sadness.

She said, “Everything has the touch of my father.” “There are traces of them everywhere.”

After he lost his son and daughter, Lee Young focused his personal research on one specific factor: the concrete flow. Most airports around the world do not have Similar structures So Close to runways, and when they do, they are Made of more fragile materials meant to brak Apart Upon Impact, Experts have said.

Mr. Lee wandered around the Internet for information about Berm and became convinced that he was the largest factor in the death toll.

“If this is not the case, everyone would have survived.”

Mrs. Li said that his son, Jay-Yuk, and the wife of the younger man, Tae Ari, participated in the love of hunting and married in 2020.

The couple was not originally planned to visit Thailand. Mr. Lee said that the offer at the last minute of a travel agency coincided with the anniversary of their marriage.

Coming to the airport is a way for some families to find a sense of society when their homes are now defined by absence. Others remain far from the airport, for fear that memories will be very painful, or are restricted to work.

Lee Bong Kyung’s accident with a struggling ships in the southwestern city of Mogbo, which his father founded in 2015. Sales have decreased in recent years and said to me that his father’s work ethics have kept the work alive: “All he knew was working,” he said.

When Mr. Lee started working on the shipyard about six years ago, his father gave more free time. Mr. Lee El Akbar traveled to Bangkok with a group of childhood friends. His death left his son personally and professionally.

He said: “We also have a lot of debts and loans to give up, so I thought about surrender several times.”

The experience of many bereaved families – isolation from friends and colleagues, solidarity with other victims’ relatives and lack of confidence in the government – the frequency of other disasters in South Korea, including 2014 Sweol Ferry drowning and The crowd was crushed in Seoul in 2022.

Lee Jeongk and his wife, Jeong Hyun Kyung, had a mourning for another young victim. Their daughter, Min Joe, died after taking a trip with a high school friend. She was in her second year in her first job outside the college.

Since the collapse, the other three children’s children were helping their parents more, such as doing dishes. She said, “They have ripened quickly.”

Mr. Lee said that he and his wife are planning to stay at the airport until the accident appeared. “The investigation should be accurate and objective,” he said. “It will be needed to be accountable and the consequences.”

Joong Yu Chan, a spokesman for the families, said once the investigation is completed, the families will consider filed lawsuits to hold responsibility for responsibility.

At the airport on the last Saturday, Joe Mai Young was saddened by an entire family that perished on the plane. Mrs. Joe Mia’s sister was on board with her daughter, daughter’s husband and two children.

Mrs. Joe said that the father of the children, Na Bayong-Hawa, took his family to Bangkok for the tripartite celebration: he was recently promoted in his job in an agricultural cooperative, and the memory of his marriage was approaching and his mother-in-law was recently her 60th birthday.

“Who will remember this family?” Mrs. Joe asked.

Her brother, Joe Hugh Sun, said that he and his sister stayed at the airport almost every day since the accident, as they found a consolation in their joint experience with other families.

“Only here we can cry, just here we can laugh,” he said. “We do not leave until the truth is told.”