A preliminary report on the Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirms traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, but the cause of the accident that killed 179 people remains undetermined. The report stated that feathers and bird blood stains were found in both engines, identified as belonging to Baikal teals. The plane's black boxes stopped recording four minutes before the crash, complicating the investigation. The Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway on December 29th after its landing gear failed to deploy, crashing into a concrete structure and bursting into flames.
SEOUL — The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven't determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.The preliminary accident report released by South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday said feathers and bird blood stains were found in both engines.
Many analysts said the concrete structure, which housed a set of antennas called a localizer that guides aircraft during landings, should have been built with lighter materials that could break more easily upon impact. South Korea's Transport Ministry announced last week that it would remove the structure at the airport.
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