A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft en route from Bangkok to Muan, South Korea, crashed after experiencing a bird strike during landing, resulting in the tragic loss of all 179 passengers and crew.
A Boeing 737 -800 aircraft belonging to Jeju Air, flying from Bangkok to Muan airport, was warned of a bird strike by the control tower during its first attempt at landing shortly after 9am (0000 GMT). Minutes later, the pilot issued a 'mayday' warning and tried to land again. Video showed the plane, its landing gear still retracted, attempting a belly landing.
Dramatic video shows the plane skidding along the runway with smoke trailing behind until it slams into a wall at the end and bursts into flames. All 175 passengers and four of the six crew members onboard were killed. 'It really has to be a series of catastrophic events that led to such a high loss of life,' aviation consultant Philip Butterworth-Hayes told AFP. 'Crash protection systems on board are extremely robust,' he said, describing the disaster as'the most serious incident I've seen' in recent years.'The runway is 2,800m long, or 9,200 feet, and similar-sized aircraft have been operating on it without issues', the official said. Both black boxes - the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder - have been recovered, deputy transport minister Joo Jong-wan said. A bird strike - a collision between a bird and an aircraft in flight - can be hazardous to aircraft. Jets can lose power if birds are sucked into their air intakes, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a UN agency. 'We're looking at substantial birds hitting an engine, and that is, as we know, very rare,' said Butterworth-Haye
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