Air crash in South Korea: the investigation will focus on bird strikes and landing gear issues.

Investigators looking into the causes of the Boeing 737-800 crash involving Jeju Air in South Korea are focusing on bird strikes and landing gear failure.

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine citing Bloomberg.

Although the aircraft was nearly completely destroyed in the crash, investigators will eventually obtain the necessary data to piece together the sequence of events. Key elements will include information from the two black boxes, which have already been recovered from the wreckage. The analysis of one of the black boxes may take a bit longer due to its damage.

Investigators, for their part, assert that it is still too early to speculate on what might have caused the crash. Bird strikes are not uncommon, but they rarely lead to crashes since aircraft can operate for some time on one engine. It also remains unclear why the aircraft's landing gear did not deploy and whether there is a connection between this malfunction and the bird strike.

Bloomberg adds that the pilot of the Boeing 737-800 issued a distress signal just minutes after the control tower warned of a bird strike.

"He aborted his first landing attempt, went around, and on the second attempt altered his direction on the runway. The control tower granted permission for landing in the opposite direction, and officials stated that it is unlikely that the length of the runway caused the accident," Bloomberg reports.

Air Crash in South Korea

On Sunday, December 29, an air crash occurred in the South Korean city of Muan involving a passenger Boeing 737-800. The aircraft belonged to Jeju Air and was operating flight 7C2216 from Bangkok. Most of the passengers on board were citizens of the Republic of Korea.

Due to technical malfunctions, the aircraft was unable to deploy its landing gear. As a result, it went off the runway, collided with the outer wall of the airport, and caught fire.

As a result of the crash, 179 people lost their lives.

More information about this tragic incident can be found in RBK-Ukraine's report.