Operators of the airport where Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed in December, killing 179, failed to meet both international and ...

(Yonhap) plane crash-bird warning Bird strike warning issued shortly before Jeju Air plane crash in Muan: ministry SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- An airport control tower had warned of a bird strike ...

Report says authorities knew of Muan airport facing high risk of bird strikes years before 179 people died in crash ...

The cause of the disaster, which killed 179 people in December and is the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil, is still being investigated.

The plane crash at Jeonnam Muan International Airport in South Korea has brought renewed attention to the dangers posed by bird strikes in aviation. On Sunday, a Jeju Air passenger plane arriving ...

MUAN, South Korea (Bernama-Yonhap/AFP): A malfunction ... possibly sending it to attempt a crash landing, with a bird collision presumed to be the cause of the malfunction. Meanwhile, sixty ...

The transcript shows that the pilots reported a bird strike and radioed a mayday call as they approached Muan International Airport in South Korea on the morning of Dec. 29. They said they would ...