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Bird Feathers and Blood Found in Both Engines of Crashed Jet

Bird Feathers and Blood Found in Both Engines of Crashed Jet

Investigators have discovered bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, resulting in the deaths of 179 individuals, according to a source familiar with the investigation reported by Reuters on Friday.

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which was en route from Bangkok to Muan County in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the runway at the regional airport, bursting into flames upon striking an embankment. The only two survivors were crew members located in the tail section of the plane, marking this as the deadliest aviation disaster in South Korean history.

Approximately four minutes prior to the crash, one of the pilots reported a bird strike and declared an emergency, opting for a go-around to attempt landing at the opposite end of the runway. Just two minutes before this Mayday call, air traffic control had issued warnings about “bird activity” in the vicinity.

Investigators reported that feathers were found on one of the engines recovered from the crash site, with video footage confirming the occurrence of a bird strike. However, South Korea’s transport ministry declined to comment on whether feathers and blood were indeed found in both engines.

Complicating the investigation, the aircraft’s black boxes, which are crucial for determining the cause of the crash, ceased recording roughly four minutes before the incident, creating a significant challenge for the ongoing inquiry.

Sim Jai-dong, a former accident investigator for the transport ministry, expressed surprise at the missing data, suggesting that all power, including backup systems, may have been lost—an unusual occurrence in aviation incidents.

Bird strikes impacting both engines are rare in aviation history, although there have been notable cases where pilots successfully landed their aircraft without fatalities, such as the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” incident in the United States and a 2019 landing in a cornfield in Russia.

Credit: NBC

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