The Boeing passenger jet that crashed at the weekend, killing hundreds of people, was reportedly warned of a bird strike minutes before it made an emergency landing.
According to the country’s transport ministry, air traffic controllers warned the crew that the plane had been hit by a bird before Saturday’s fatal crash, which killed 179 people.
Jeju Air flight 7C2216 with 181 passengers and six flight attendants skidded off the runway and crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea đ°đˇ
179 victims, 2 survivors
A video released by MBC News shows the bird being hit before the crash. pic.twitter.com/Y5T4syTSgl
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News1 also reports that a passenger allegedly sent a text message to a family member minutes before the crash, claiming that there had been a bird strike near or on the wing of the plane.
Dramatic video emerging after the fatal crash shows the plane skidding across the tarmac… unable to stop itself before it crashes straight into a wall and explodes.
All passengers and four crew members were died in a fiery accident. The only two survivors of the crash were crew members in the rear of the plane.
