South Korea will remove concrete barriers near runways in response to air disaster, reports say

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South Korea will remove concrete barriers near runways in response to air disaster, reports say
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South Korea plans to remove concrete embankments near airport runways in response to a recent air disaster. The embankments contain antennas called localizers designed to guide aircraft during landings and have been blamed for making last month’s crash of a Jeju Air plane worse. The Boeing 737-800 skidded off a runway in the city of Muan on Dec.

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The embankments contain antennas called localizers designed to guide aircraft during landings and have been blamed for making last month’s crash of a Jeju Air plane worse.skidded off a runway in the South Korean city of Muan on Dec. 29 after its landing gear failed to deploy, slamming into the concrete structure and bursting into flames, killing

South Korean officials have pledged to improve airport safety after experts linked the high death toll to Muan airport’s localizer system.

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