〈Anchor〉 The controversy over the azimuth facility, a concrete structure that was pointed out as a factor in the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster, is growing. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has explained that the facility does not violate regulations, but it has been revealed that azimuth facilities such as this cannot be built according to other MOLIT standards. Reporter No Dong-gyu reports. 〈Reporter〉 The Jeju Air passenger plane that crashed after landing and skidding at a frightening speed was a azimuth facility called a “localizer.” Its function is to guide the aircraft to a safe landing by transmitting radio waves. At Muan Airport, it is installed in the form of a 2m high concrete structure covered with dirt to secure the antenna position on the sloping runway. The detailed guidelines for the management of aviation obstacles according to the Airport Facilities Act stipulate that when installing obstacles within the airport grounds, “they must be installed on a breakable support.” [Richard Levy/Aviation Expert: The localizer antennas I’ve seen around the world are designed to break easily when an airplane crashes.] As criticisms continued that the solid concrete structures caused airplane explosions and massive casualties, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that the azimuth facility was installed in compliance with relevant regulations. The “fragile pedestal” regulation applies only within the terminal safety zone, which is for aircraft that overrun the runway, but the Muan Airport facility is located 264m from the end of the runway, so it is outside the “terminal safety zone,” and therefore does not violate the regulation. [Joo Jong-wan/Director of the Aviation Policy Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: Various regulations do not apply outside the terminal safety zone. Since our Muan Airport is outside that range, the regulations are not applied.] However, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s standards for installing airport facilities and takeoff and landing fields, precision approach runways like Muan Airport require that the terminal safety zone be extended to the point where the azimuth facility is installed. As the controversy grew, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it would review the regulations again. [Kim Hong-rak/Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Airport Policy Director: 'The localizer must be within the terminal safety zone', so that's the interpretation, right? I understand. I will check the relationship between the regulations and respond.] Experts are pointing out that it is difficult to deny the connection between the facility in question and the scale of this disaster, so it is necessary to quickly revise the related regulations. (Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, design: Choi Jae-young, Jang Ye-eun) ☞ More information https://news.sbs.co.kr/y/?id=N1007932123 ☞ Collection of articles on [Jeju Air passenger plane disaster] https://news.sbs.co.kr/y/i/?id=100000... #SBSNews #Disaster #Concrete ▶ Subscribe to SBS News Channel: https://n.sbs.co.kr/youtube ♨ Discuss hot issues together (Subscribe to SP): https://premium.sbs.co.kr ▶ SBS News Live: https://n.sbs.co.kr/youtubeLive, https://n.sbs.co.kr/live ▶ Report SBS News Homepage: https://n.sbs.co.kr/inform Application: Install the 'SBS News' app and report - https://n.sbs.co.kr/App KakaoTalk: Be friends with 'SBS News' English: Make and chat - https://pf.kakao.com/_ewsdq/chat Facebook: Send a message to 'SBS News' - / sbs8news Email: [email protected] Text # and 6000 Phone: 02-2113-6000 Homepage: https://news.sbs.co.kr/ Facebook: / sbs8news X (formerly Twitter): / sbs8news Kakao Talk: https://pf.kakao.com/_ewsdq Instagram: / sbsnews Copyright Ⓒ SBS. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI learning are prohibited.