bird strike on their descent...unlucky.
bird strike on their descent...unlucky.
The landing gear apparently wasn't working either
The landing gear apparently wasn't working either
According to a comprehensive report by the Hankook Ilbo on the 29th, the passenger plane was scheduled to land at Muan Airport at 8:30 AM that day. However, while approaching the airport while lowering its altitude for landing, a flock of birds struck the right wing and engine at an altitude of 200 meters.
The passenger plane gave up landing and raised its nose. It seems that they judged that landing would be difficult. The Muan Airport control tower received this report from the captain. The captain then communicated with the control tower that he would attempt a second landing and circled over the airport, but in the meantime, flames broke out in the engine. An official familiar with the communication said, “Despite the sufficient length of the runway, smoke and toxic gases entered the aircraft, so we had to make an emergency landing without taking any measures such as draining the fuel.” “The engine system deteriorated, so the electronic and hydraulic systems did not work, and it seems that the landing gear did not come down because of that.”
It is reported that the control tower had a dedicated fire department on standby near the runway in the event of an emergency. An airport official said, “If we had known about the landing gear failure earlier, we could have let all the fuel (remaining in the aircraft) out, applied a substance to the runway floor that would increase the coefficient of friction, and cool the flames,” but “Time was running out.”
During the second landing attempt, the runway approach and landing angle were good, and the captain switched to manual control. An airport official said, "After landing on the runway, we had no choice but to rely on wing (engine) reverse thrust to decelerate," and "Since steering was also impossible, we collided with the outer wall at the end of the runway."
The landing gear wasn't working on first approach and they went around to try a belly landing. The bird strike, if it played any role, seems secondary at this point.
Yonhap tweeted that 151 deaths are confirmed at this moment
The landing gear wasn't working on first approach and they went around to try a belly landing. The bird strike, if it played any role, seems secondary at this point.
the bird strike caused the engine fire which caused the electrics and hydraulic systems to malfunction. The question is...did the backup manual landing gear release malfunction as well or did the pilot panic, forget, and go straight to a belly landing attempt (only 2 minutes elapsed from when the pilot called in the mayday for bird strike and the fatal landing attempt).
yes, a female in her 20s and a male in his 30s.
the bird strike caused the engine fire which caused the electrics and hydraulic systems to malfunction. The question is...did the backup manual landing gear release malfunction as well or did the pilot panic, forget, and go straight to a belly landing attempt (only 2 minutes elapsed from when the pilot called in the mayday for bird strike and the fatal landing attempt).
The news report I read didn't have this level of detail, but it was still early. If true, thanks for the update.
The news report I read didn't have this level of detail, but it was still early. If true, thanks for the update.
you know what's sad? apparently after that brick wall there is green field... so if there would be just a net or something like that instead of that wall there could actually be higher chances that more people would survived
you know what's sad? apparently after that brick wall there is green field... so if there would be just a net or something like that instead of that wall there could actually be higher chances that more people would survived
it's not a brick wall...it's a raised dirt embankment that houses ILS(instrument landing system)/LLZ equipment.
it's not a brick wall...it's a raised dirt embankment that houses ILS(instrument landing system)/LLZ equipment.
whatever it was it was way too close
in Poland most of new airports were built in flat fields so there is a lot of free space around
whatever it was it was way too close
in Poland most of new airports were built in flat fields so there is a lot of free space around
it's already located at the end of the airport's property. It only came into play because the pilot overshot the runway and touched down past the halfway point of the runway.
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