Controversial concrete azimuth facility...The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is "finding the connection to the accident."

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport "No standardized form of defense facilities"
Installing azimuths on concrete hills, such as Yeosu and Jeju airports
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport "Using Concrete at LA Airport in U.S. and others"
"We will find out the relationship between the defense facilities of Muan Airport and the accident."

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It has been confirmed that Muan Airport is not the only concrete hill azimuth facility that is blamed for the Jeju Airport airliner disaster.

It has been confirmed that concrete azimuth facilities have been installed at many airports in Korea.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has started to find out the connection to the accident.

Reporter Hwang Hye-kyung reports.

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An azimuth facility is a navigation safety equipment that helps aircraft check their orientation when landing, and is an essential facility in an airport.

However, the government authorities explain that there is no standardized form.

Whether you install an antenna on the floor or make a hill and install it on top of it, there are no specific regulations.

[Joo Jong-wan / Director of Aviation Policy Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: What kind of foundation will this defense facility be based on? There are many different types of facilities for each airport.... It is understood that there are concrete structures, there are some file types, and there is no standardized form.]

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, azimuth facilities are installed on the ground at Daegu and Gimpo airports, and on hills at Yeosu, Jeju, Pohang, and Gyeongju airports.

In particular, it was confirmed that they all used concrete like Muan Airport to increase their height.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport believes that there is no problem in itself as it has created azimuth facilities using concrete at famous overseas airports such as LA Airport in the United States, Spain, and South Africa.

However, since the defense facilities of Muan Airport are pointed out as the primary cause of the disaster, they are determined to investigate the relevance.

[Joo Jong-wan / Director of Aviation Policy, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: We are looking into the ground rules and overseas contents (related to each defense facility), and we will provide the data as soon as we understand it. We plan to closely examine the connection to the accident during the investigation process.]


If the concrete azimuth facility is found to have further increased the disaster, the safety issue of other domestic airports with the same type of structure is also expected to be on the cutting board.

I'm YTN Hwang Hye-kyung.