According to Yonhap News Agency, the ministry briefed the bereaved families on the preliminary findings following its probe into the fatal crash of the low-cost carrier plane from Bangkok that killed 179 people on board and left two survivors in South Korea’s southwestern city of Muan on Dec 29 last year.
The investigation committee under the ministry said surveillance footage from the time of the accident at Muan International Airport confirmed that the plane attempted a go-around when it struck a flock of birds.
At 8:57:50 am, the control tower issued a warning to the aircraft about a potential bird strike. At 8:58:11 am, the captain and first officer discussed a flock of birds flying below the aircraft.
Feathers and blood, apparently from a type of winter migratory duck, were found on both engines, the ministry said.
The plane flew for about four minutes before landing from the opposite direction without the landing gear deployed. It rammed into a concrete localiser mound and exploded in flames at 9:02:57 am.
Meanwhile, the group representing the victims’ families said it decided to end the search for victims’ remains at the accident site.
Authorities have sent the remains recovered from the site to the national forensics institute for identification.
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