A Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air crashed in South Korea killing 179 people. U.S. investigators are looking into the cause of the crash, while South Korean authorities are conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800s in the country.
A team of U.S. investigators, including representatives from Boeing, examined the site of a plane crash that killed 179 people in South Korea on Tuesday, while authorities conducted safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines. All but two of the 181 people aboard the Boeing 737-800 operated by South Korea n budget airline Jeju Air died in Sunday's crash.
Video showed the aircraft, without its landing gear deployed, crash-land on its belly and overshoot a runway at South Korea’s southern Muan International Airport before it slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames. The plane was seen having an engine trouble, and preliminary examinations also say the pilots received a bird strike warning from the ground control center and issued a distress signal as well. But many experts say the landing gear issue was probably the main cause of the crash. The South Korean government has launched safety inspections on all 101 of the Boeing 737-800s in the country. The Transport Ministry said authorities are looking at maintenance and operation records during five days of safety checks that are to run until Friday. The ministry said that a delegation of eight U.S. investigators — one from the Federal Aviation Administration, three from National Transportation Safety Board and four from Boeing — visited the crash site Tuesday. The results of their examination weren’t immediately available. Kim E-bae, Jeju Air’s president, told reporters Tuesday that his company will add more maintenance workers and reduce flight operations by 10% to 15% until March as part of efforts to enhance the safety of aircraft operations. John Hansman, an aviation expert at MIT, said the crash was most likely the result of a problem with the plane’s hydraulic control systems. He said that would be consistent with the landing gear and wing flaps not being deployed “and might indicate a control issue, which would explain the rush to get on the ground
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