22/07/2025
PILOT TURNED OFF WRONG ENGINE.
NEWS OF THE DAY: Victimsโ families block report citing wrong engine shutdown in Jeju Air crash
The findings, presented to victimsโ families during a briefing at Muan Airport on July 19, 2025, reveal that the captain mistakenly shut down the left engine, which was operating normally, instead of the right engine, which had been severely damaged by a bird strike during approach.
Flight data and cockpit voice recordings revealed that the captain instructed to โshut down engine number two,โ referring to the damaged right engine. However, investigators found that the fuel cutoff switch for engine number one, on the left, was pulled instead. The pilot then activated the fire extinguisher on the left engine, permanently disabling it from being restarted.
Both engines were later sent to France in March 2025 for detailed examination, which confirmed that the left engine had no mechanical issues and its electronic systems were functioning normally.
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