The accident occurred shortly after the pilot reported a bird strike, which raised immediate concerns about the aircraft's handling. Eyewitness accounts and video evidence revealed the plane struggling to land without its landing gear deployed, exacerbating the situation. As experts analyze the flight path and decision-making, the focus remains on the possible connection between the bird strike and the landing gear failure.
In light of the tragic accident, South Korea's acting president has ordered a nationwide inspection into airline safety protocols. Authorities are evaluating operational guidelines that govern responses to in-flight emergencies marked by incidents like bird strikes. The involvement of U.S. investigators aims to bring additional insights and expertise to help determine the crash's causes and improve future safety measures.
The discussion surrounding the South Korea air disaster has opened comparisons with previous aviation crises, notably the Miracle on the Hudson. As analysts assess the chances of survival in similar conditions, the conversation highlights the crucial elements of aircraft design and airport safety features. Moving forward, experts stress the importance of developing better safety protocols to prevent such devastating losses in the future.
New details on South Korea's most tragic air disaster in decades reveal that the Jeju Air pilot reported a bird strike and declared a mayday just moments before the aircraft attempted an emergency landing. Officials state that an air traffic controller had alerted the flight about birds in the vicinity, which could have contributed to the plane's fatal descent. Tragically, the Boeing 737 aircraft crashed, resulting in the death of 179 people, leaving only two crew members in the tail section as survivors. In response to this catastrophe, South Korea's acting president has mandated an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations system, also seeking assistance from a U.S. team for the ongoing investigation. As authorities dig deeper into the circumstances leading up to the disaster, Southwest Airlines is also collaborating with investigators due to their experience with the specific aircraft model.unless the crew passed out. There was a report they had toxic fumes coming into the cabin
I have a feeling the flight crew made the same mistake that the British Midland crew made back in 1989 by shutting down the wrong engine after the bird strike.
My POV is this: Pilots did a good job to make a collapsed aircraft land with the best possible option. But that concrete wall was the cause of all this devastation. Its so sad. My condolences to all Korean people.
Wow, the CNN conveniently ignored the fact that landing gear didnt launch and a massive hard concrete structure at the end of the run way. Everything else is noise.
Our Indian pilots are well-trained, and airport authorities never allow any obstacles, either in the air, above the clouds, or on the landing grounds. They also take measures to remove birds near the landing fields.
Why media in Korea isnt talking about the concrete wall? That reinforced concrete wall is a bumer.. clearly it is what cause the plane to explode.
Some dudes high up in the Korean govt who approved the construction of the wall are probably panicking right now. Probably another example of decisions made by people who dont know what they are doing.
I live in Korea and it is interesting how different the news are presented. Here, at least by Korean media outlets reporting in English, the focus is on the flight and possible pilot oversight. There is not much, if not any emphasis on the wall which seems to be the main reason why so many people died. When you look at Western media tho, the wall is the main reason of such high number of casualties which I believe seems to be true as a viewer. Hope they will not simply try to cover it up since so many higher ups have signatures on the approval of that damn wall!
I feel urged to explain 2 most misunderstood points in this plane crash : 1. the concrete berm was at the BEGINNING of runway, NOT at the end of it - obviously, the people who built the airport never thought about the possibility that a plane can land in reverse direction in the time of emergency 2. there was less than 1 min. window of opportunity to operate all the emergency landing gear deployment procedure, so its completely different story - that pilot simply had no time to try manual releasing of the landing gear before touch down, he found out the landing gear malfunction just after aborting 1st landing attempt and losing power completely
