Disaster at the airport: 179 deaths with a devastating aircraft accident!

Disaster at the airport: 179 deaths with a devastating aircraft accident!

Muan, Südkorea - A terrible aircraft accident shakes South Korea: On Sunday, a Boeing 737-800 of the cheap airline Jeju Air at Muan International Airport without a cut out chassis landed. The machine, which had come from Bangkok, slipped, crashed into a concrete wall and went up in flames. Tragically, 179 of the 181 inmates died, only two crew members survived this horror. The tower had warned of a bird strike shortly before and the pilots then reported such an incident. How the fatal crash is directly related to bird strikes remains unclear at first, the news agency dpa.

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The tragedy follows a wave of investigations. In addition to Korean experts, representatives of the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are also on site to clarify the cause of the accident. Two flight writers were recovered, but one is damaged due to the extreme conditions. While a recorder is in relatively good condition, experts now have to find out how you can analyze the data of the damaged device, Yonhap.

The focus of the investigation also comes into being the concrete wall, which is 250 meters behind the runway. Experts question whether this construction is in harmony with international standards. The former pilot John Cox commented: "The plane would have stopped, people could have left the plane - if he weren't there." The wall, which provided an antenna system, could have contributed significantly to the amount of the number of victims, according to the fear. The construction is now being intensively checked, and the South Korean government announced that all Boeing 737-800 in the country with regard to its chassis. Already after the accident, the maintenance documents of all national airlines were checked that use this model. These measures were taken to increase air traffic safety and prevent future tragedies, as the 韓 National News Agency reported.