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Plane crash in South Korea, bird feathers found in both engines
2025-01-17 16:13:10 / BOTA
Bird feathers were found in the two engines of the Jeju Air Boeing that crashed in late December in Muan during the investigation operation to discover the cause of the crash, South Korean media reported.
On December 29, 2024, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 with 181 passengers on board from Bangkok crashed at Muan Airport and hit a wall at the end of the runway. Only two crew members survived this worst air disaster in South Korea.
Experts from South Korea and the US, including people from Boeing, are conducting the investigation.
Before the crash, the pilot sent a bird strike distress signal and then aborted his first landing attempt. On the second attempt, the wheels did not extend for landing.
The head of the investigation told reporters last week that “bird wings were found on one of the engines,” stressing, however, that a bird strike does not immediately cause engine damage. “We need to see if this affected both engines. It is certain that one engine hit a bird,” he said.
An additional difficulty comes from the fact that the plane's black boxes stopped recording four minutes before the crash.
Muan Airport will remain closed until January 19, according to a statement from South Korea's Ministry of Transport.
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