Duck remains found in crashed South Korea plane's engines

Telegraph

27-01-2025

Duck remains were found in both engines of the Jeju passenger jet
The first preliminary report released on Monday suggests a
The exact cause of the crash remains unclear and the
The feathers and blood stains found in the engines were from the Baikal teal, a migratory duck that flies to South Korea for winter in large flocks, according to investigators.
The six-page report gave no indication about what might have led the Boeing 737-800 jet to land far down the runway without its landing gear deployed, highlighting a lack of clues.
The investigation has been complicated by the discovery that the plane's two black boxes stopped recording four minutes before impact.
The engines will be torn apart and the concrete structure will be investigated further, the report said of its next steps.
Experts say air accidents are nearly always caused by a cocktail of factors.
The Jeju Air flight from Bangkok was travelling to Muan International Airport on the southwest tip of the Korean peninsula on the morning of Dec 29.
At 8.57am local time, the control tower advised the approaching plane to be cautious of 'bird activity'.
Two minutes later, the pilot reported that the plane had struck a bird and declared a mayday signal, asking to land from the opposite direction.
The plane then overshot the runway as it
It then hit a concrete barrier at the end of the runway
The reinforced concrete embankment contained a navigation system, known as a localiser, that aids navigation of an aircraft as it comes into land.
The report said that the structure likely
Concrete barriers to be removed
South Korea's transport ministry said last week it would remove the concrete barriers used for navigation at seven airports across the country following the Jeju Air plane crash. It will also be extending their runway safety areas after finding they were shorter than recommended.
'After the crash into the embankment, fire and a partial explosion occurred. Both engines were buried in the embankment's soil mound, and the fore fuselage scattered up to 30-200 metres from the embankment,' the report said, providing some new pictures of the accident site.
'These all-out investigation activities aim to determine the accurate cause of the accident,' it said.
The preliminary report has been submitted to the United Nations' aviation agency as well as the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand because the engines are jointly produced by US and French companies, while two Thai citizens were killed on the plane.