Posted on 01/27/2025 7:45:52 AM PST by Red Badger
Investigators say they have found evidence of a bird strike on a passenger plane that crashed in South Korea in December, killing 179 people.
The feathers and blood stains on both engines of the Jeju Air plane were from the Baikal teal, a type of migratory duck that flies in large flocks, according to a preliminary investigation report published on Monday.
The inquiry into the crash - the deadliest on South Korean soil - will now focus on the role of the bird strike and a concrete structure at the end of the runway, which the plane crashed into.
The engines of the Boeing 737-800 will be torn down and the concrete structure will be examined further, the report said.
The Jeju Air plane took off from Bangkok in the morning of 29 December and was flying to Muan International Airport in the country's south-west.
At about 08:57 local time, three minutes after pilots made contact with the airport, the control tower advised the crew to be cautious of "bird activity".
At 08:59, the pilot reported that the plane had struck a bird and declared a mayday signal.
The pilot then requested permission to land from the opposite direction, during which it belly-landed without its landing gear deployed. It overran the runway and exploded after slamming into the concrete structure, the report said.
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They might have been a little to high, but that ground effect float and keeping the nose up after landing just made things a lot worse knowing there is a barrier at the end of the runway.
I would suggest if a pilot is on final, lined up with the runway, and both engines fail, that getting it on the ground is more important than trying to circle around, without power, while reading through check lists. Pilots today seemed to want to concentrate on checklists instead of flying in emergency situations.
If both engines fail, you CANNOT go around (unless your airspeed is literally off the charts).
Do you think they failed to lower the landing gear during the chaotic situation? Or maybe they lost hydraulics function?
FYI, the landing gear can be dropped without hydraulics, it can be dropped manually by pulling one handle for each of the 3 gear.
That would indicate that they overlooked/forgot the landing gear deployment. Had to have been a frantic cockpit, that’s for sure.
JeJu Air Preliminary Report 27 Jan 2025
by blancolirio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtGreTnmSDk
Both engines? Sounds like bird strike Part Deux.
Bird vs jet survivor;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60HiN8eW4dA
One year later;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1dcBCkaqtE
Meanwhile...
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