Posted on 12/29/2024 6:57:35 AM PST by KeyLargo
n eyewitness of a South Korean jet plane crash has described the horrifying moment they knew a jet engine had exploded.
Just two people - both crew members, one male and one female - are believed to have survived among the 181 people on board the Jeju Air flight, a Boeing 737-800. Government officials have confirmed an official death toll of 179.
Kim Yong-cheol, 70, told Yonhap News that he was staying by the airport and noticed something was wrong.
'I saw the plane descending and thought it was about to land when I noticed a flash of light,' Cho said. 'Then there was a loud bang followed by smoke in the air, and then I heard a series of explosions.'
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We will find out the cause.
For now, prayers to the families...what a nightmare.
“Boeing released a statement of its own on Sunday morning, writing: ‘We are in contact with Jeju Air regarding flight 2216 and stand ready to support them.”
DEI and H1B hiring strikes again.
It looks like the fuel exploded, not the engine but you be the judge.
I heard it was a Boeing 737-800 and that it had landing gear failure on landing and veered off the runway into a fence. Only the tail section was recognizable.
Some ‘expert’ in the UK speculated that a bird strike on the wing (which is on video) may have damaged hydraulic lines that prevented deployment of the landing gear. As for South Korea…a concrete wall near the end of a runway ? Who puts a concrete wall near the end of a runway ??
“ DEI and H1B hiring strikes again.”
At this point we have little idea what the cause was
We will find out the cause.
Video
South Korean media released footage capturing a bird strike on Jeju Air Flight 2216 before crash
https://rumble.com/v63t7fv-south-korean-news-released-footage-capturing-a-bird-strike-on-jeju-air-flig.html
They came in very fast. Maybe the failure that took out the gear took out the flaps too. And thrust reverse might have been impeded with the engines touching the ground.
Runways was around 9000 feet and not foamed.
This was a 15 year old plane.
You are right, for this incident we don't know the cause yet but Boeing planes have been having quite a few problems over the past few years and the trend is damning.
Even sounds like they were still really making power as they slid.
“Who puts a concrete wall near the end of a runway ??”
I can only guess that there were probably houses and businesses on the other side of the wall due to population density in Korea.
The plane struck the building housing the ILS SYSTEM.
SOMETHING went wrong in flight.
The plane was approaching at a very high speed.
No flaps, slats, or landing gear deployed.
Not Boeing's fault then. Apparently it was caused by a bird strike. I suppose when the end exploded trap will probably hit the hydraulic lines. Hoping in the future they put more redundancies on the control mechanisms to prevent failures. I suppose you can only put so much on a plane before it becomes too heavy to fly.
OMG! Prayers.
Text from my friend who was looking at the footage. He was a long-time USAF C-5 and C-17 pilot:
“Several things I noticed;
1)the wing of Jeju flight that crashed had no flaps down for landing, the flaps are supposed to be set at 40 degrees down to slow it for landing so the plane came in too fast.
2)Nose gear door was not opened which is big because the door could be opened manually if they had hydraulic problems. Gravity & the air drag would have lowered it & locked it into place.
3)main gears should have been lowered manually, there is a manual release that can open & drop the gears down with gravity.
4)airport’s localizer antenna the plane slid into was built too robust so when the plane hit it, impact was not absorbed so construction company will be sued also.
Pilots really screwed up. It is obvious they panicked & did not go thru their emergency procedures check list. This will be a huge lawsuit.”
If the other engine was still working then they should have been able to keep flying and use back up systems to lower gear and deploy flaps.
Need a qualified pilot to chime in on that
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