On both engines
South Korea: Bird DNA discovered on crashed plane
The first investigation report on the plane that crashed a month ago in Muan, South Korea, confirms the bird strike theory: The DNA of ember ducks was discovered in both engines of the ill-fated plane.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The migratory bird is mainly found in Siberia, but winters in the south of the Korean peninsula, among other places.
Devices failed four minutes before impact
According to the preliminary report, both the flight data recorder and the voice recorder in the cockpit stopped recording just over four minutes before the fatal collision. The exact reason for this is not yet known.
Aircraft to be completely dismantled for investigation
The deadliest accident in South Korean aviation history occurred at the end of December. A passenger plane of the South Korean low-cost airline Jeju Air coming from Thailand landed at Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed, skidded across the runway and was completely destroyed by the hard impact against a wall. 179 of the 181 passengers lost their lives in the accident. According to the investigators, the next phase of the investigation will involve dismantling the aircraft's engines and examining the individual components in detail.
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