Bird feathers discovered in engines of a crash South Korean plane

Investigators say they have found evidence of a bird strike on a passenger plane that crashed in South Korea in December and killed 179 people.

The feathers and spots of blood on the two engines of the Jeju Air aircraft are from the Baikal duck, a type of migrating duck that is collected in large flocks, according to a preliminary report from the investigation published on Monday.

The investigation into the crash – the most deadly on South Korean land – will now focus on the role of collision with a bird and the concrete structure at the end of the track in which the aircraft crashed.

The Boeing 737-800 engines will be demolished and the concrete structure will be examined further, the report said.

The Jeju Air aircraft took off from Bangkok on the morning of December 29 and flies to Muan International Airport in the southwestern part of the country.

Around 08:57 local time, three minutes after the pilots contacted the airport, the control tower advised the crew to be careful with “bird activity”.

At 08:59, the pilot reports that the plane has hit a bird and reports to Maide.

The pilot then demanded permission to land from the opposite direction, whereby he landed abdominal without a unfolded land. He exceeded the track and exploded after colliding into the concrete structure, the report said.

Authorities have previously said that the flight data and the voice recorded in the cockpit were recorded by the aircraft stopped recording about four minutes before the disaster.

Experts who operated the same type of aircraft involved in the crash also doubt the presence of concrete barriers on the track – some suggest that the number of victims would be smaller if they were gone.

The concrete structure has a navigation system that helps landing aircraft known as a locator.

South Korea’s Ministry of Transport said this system can be found at other airports in the country and even abroad.

Last week, authorities announced they would do so Changing the concrete barriers used to navigate At seven airports in the country. Safety zones of the tracks at seven airports will also be adapted after review.

The preliminary report is submitted to the UN Aviation Agency and the US, France and Thailand.