A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed in South Korea, killing nearly all on board. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the crash.
South Korea n officials have vowed to find out what caused a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet operated by Jeju Air to crash into flames as it attempted to land over the weekend, killing all but two of the 181 people on board. A day after the disaster, there were still far more questions than answers about the country's worst aviation disaster in decades.
Authorities ordered an immediate inspection of all 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines — dozens of planes in total — following the crash, but there was still no clear indication as to whether a system malfunction, human error, or some combination of factors had caused the disaster. Here is a look at what is known about the Jeju Air crash, and some key questions emerging in the wake of the tragedy. What happened in the South Korean plane crash? Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 departed from Bangkok, Thailand, and approached for its scheduled landing Sunday at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea. After an initial failed landing attempt, the Boeing 737-800 received a bird strike warning from the ground control center. It then ascended again before trying to land a second time. Two minutes later, the plane's crew sent a distress signal and attempted to land on a different runway. The plane touched down three minutes later without lowering its nose landing gear. It skidded along the runway at high speed, overshot the end of the runway and slammed into a concrete fence, bursting into a fireball. The only survivors were two crew members rescued from the tail section. Observers say videos of the crash suggested the plane was suffering from suspected engine trouble, but the landing gear malfunction was likely the main reason for the crash. South Korean Transport Ministry officials said the plane's flight data and cockpit audio recorders — the so-called 'black boxes' — were moved to a research center at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport ahead of analysi
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