‘Sinister’ cause of South Korea plane crash suggested by aviation expert after disaster killed 179 as cops RAID airport AN AVIATION expert has suggested a “sinister” possible cause of the catastrophic South Korean aeroplane crash that killed 179 people.
He said he believes it is “pretty unlikely that a birdstrike alone would be sufficient to bring down an aircraft or to foresee landing gear not to be able to be operative”.
“So it may have been, and this is only speculation, that there may have been something more sinister on board the aircraft that could have caused it,” he told the programme.
Meanwhile, police have raided the airport where the plane crashed, the office of the airline and several other locations as part of the investigation into the disaster.
All but two of the 181 on-board the plane were killed after it crashed into a concrete wall and burst into flames.
