South Korea jet pilot said there was a bird strike before crash: OfficialSouth Korea's deadliest air accident ever killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.
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Flowers and a message of condolence laid by people working at the site where an aircraft went off the runway and crashed, are pictured at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024.
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Seoul: The Jeju Air jet pilot told air traffic control the aircraft had suffered a bird strike and declared mayday shortly before the planed crashed on Sunday, a transport ministry official said on Monday in a media briefing.
South Korea's deadliest air accident ever killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.