Posted on 12/30/2024 8:36:28 AM PST by DFG
Boeing shares fell 4.5% Monday morning after South Korean officials ordered an inspection of the plane model involved in the deadly Jeju Air crash over the weekend.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok instructed the Transport Ministry to launch an emergency inspection of the country’s entire airline operations. Officials at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) said they would inspect all B737-800 planes, the model involved in the crash.
On Sunday morning, the commercial plane skidded off the runway, crashed into a wall and burst into flames while landing at Muan International Airport – killing all but two of its 181 passengers. The two survivors were plane crew members who were pulled from the flaming wreckage, suffering severe injuries, according to officials.
The exact cause behind the crash is unclear. The jet crash-landed without the correct landing gear after the pilot alerted the control tower of a “bird strike,” flagged an aborted landing attempt and declared “Mayday,” according to Yu Kyung-soo, director of aviation safety at MOLIT, per an NBC News translation.
“Jeju Air deeply bows in apology to all those affected by the Muan Airport accident,” the airline wrote in an Instagram post. “Our first priority is to do everything possible to manage this incident. We sincerely apologize for causing concern.”
The US National Transportation Safety Board is aiding South Korea’s aviation investigation team with a probe into the cause of the crash, along with aircraft engine manufacturer CFM International. Two black boxes retrieved from the plane wreckage have been sent for analysis.
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The Boeing/McDonnell Douglas Merger is the gift that keeps on giving...
I read somewhere that the engines ingested a flock of flying birds
Of course the Koreans are gonna try to blame Boeing...very possibly because they know that the cement wall is the real cause.
In addition, the pilots knew:
1. they wouldn’t have any brakes without gear down and locked
2. their hydraulics weren’t working, so the wing spoilers would not deploy
3. that their engine reverse thrusters probably wouldn’t deploy if the engines scraped the runway
4. there was a wall at the end of the runway that they would hit without any means to slow down
It exploded when it hit the wall. How many people would have survived if it didn't hit the wall?
There should have been runway technology to slow the plane such as a crumbling runway.
or land in a river
Well that “aviation expert” is an idiot. Many runways near water have walls to keep the water on the other side when the weather gets the water up. So he’s basically saying every single coastal runway on the planet is wrong. Which means he’s wrong and they should stop putting him on TV.
Plus of course Boeing has been having ever increasing issues since the MCDD merger, they should be blamed. Over and over again.
Whatever it was, blame will not be placed on the Koreans.
I agree with those who question the wisdom of placing a concrete wall at the end of a runway.
Some years back, a 737 landed long at Burbank and skidded off the far end of the runway, through a fence, across a road, and into a Chevron station. (Made an amazing photo). No serious injuries as I recall (save for the PIC's ego) .
A concrete barrier would have produced major injuries.
Because water landing have just as much breakup and skidding the tarmac, except the plane sinks after and people drown. Sully was a miracle, not a plan.
The BBC “aviation expert” that I mentioned above pointed out that belly landings do happen and usually don’t result in fatalities. As I also mentioned he stated,several times,how stupid it was...and how unusual it was...for cement walls to be placed at the end of a runway and that it was that wall that was the real problem.
This is starting to look like 100% pilot error, once again nothing to do with the airplane except the name, Boeing.
The best analysis so far is on the Blancolerio channel here. It dispels a lot of the speculation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzmptA6s-1g&t=39s
...there’s a video showing that, why they didn’t crank down the gear is another mystery.
Never mind that ridiculous wall at the end of the runway (WHY!?!)
In the movie "Sullie" about Sullie Sullenberger making an emergency landing in the Hudson river, the FAA regulators claimed they had conducted simulations that showed he could have made it to an airport. Sullie asked them how many times they had to "simulate" it before they made a successful landing. They shut up after that.
Problem is the pilots had to make a decision fast and they didn't have time to conduct any "simulations" to determine the best course of action.
You don't get any do-overs when you really need one.
One engine. There is a video of it out there on the internet. A bird strike shouldn’t typically result in the inability to deploy the landing gear.
The blame on somebody else is the universal solution now days. Any excuse anyone can find except recognizing fate or their own stupidity.
Only 4.5% ?
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