An expert has raised key questions and concerns that he says "must" be probed following the Jeju Air crash that killed dozens shortly after landing in South Korea. Jeju Air flight 2216 left Bangkok, Thailand, for Muan International Airport in southern South Korea on Sunday. Only two people, both flight attendants now being treated in hospital, are understood to have survived the crash.
Families desperate for answers arrived at the airport yesterday in the hope of learning more about the circumstances surrounding the crash. An aviation expert has now said there are key questions and concerns that now must be probed as investigators look into the causes that led to the disaster.
Alex Macheras, aviation analyst and consultant, told The Mirror: "This tragic event raises urgent and complex questions for investigators. Initial attention will focus on reports of a bird strike during the aircraft’s approach to Muan, a location where the risk of bird strikes is particularly high due to nearby fields and coastal areas.
"While bird strikes can severely impact an aircraft, the investigation must also probe deeper into why the landing gear was not deployed, why gravity drop - a manual safety mechanism for deploying landing gear - appears to have not been used, and why the aircraft was travelling at such high speed during its final approach.".
