An investigation into the crash found that bird strikes played a role in the crash which saw the Boeing 737-800 skid off the runway at Muan International Airport and hit a concrete perimeter fence.
The news follows Friday’s announcement that all airports in South Korea have been ordered to install bird detection cameras and thermal imaging radars following the Jeju Air crash in December which killed 179 people.
And in May the same year, at least 36 protected flamingos were killed in a single bird strike incident in western India involving an Emirates Boeing 777.
In November 2024, a Hainan Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Rome after a bird strike caused an engine fire shortly after takeoff.
The China-bound flight returned to Fiumicino Airport on 10 November landing safely after making a U-turn and “fuel-dumping” over the sea to reduce the aircraft’s weight.
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