South Korea plane crash

[Chippy_Tea]

They are saying they think a bird strike caused the undercarriage to fail, how could a bird cause that?

• A plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea has killed 179 people. Two people - both flight crew members - have survived what could be the country's worst aviation accident
• The Boeing 737-800 flight - operated by airline Jeju Air - had 181 people on board including six flight staff and was arriving from Bangkok, Thailand
• Families of the victims are congregating at the airport as one man - whose nephew and two great-nephews were on the flight - says "I can't believe the entire family has disappeared, my heart aches so much"
• Footage from the scene shows the plane coming off the runway and crashing into a wall, before bursting into flames
• Every few minutes, we hear wailing echo through the airport terminal where relatives of those killed have gathered, writes BBC's Jake Kwon from the airport

 

[MashBag]

Yes indeed. Very strange.

I heard initially it was emergency landing after engine failure from bird strike which might explain. 737 is very good so landing gear failure is unlikely.??

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The landing gear was not down it landed and skidded into the wall, a pilot said the approach angle was fine the speed a little high the wings flaps were in the landing position and if the undercarriage was down it would have landed safely.

 

[Rodcx500z]

No landing gear down surely someone in the control tower would have noticed and told the crew to do a go round while they tried to sort it, they could have laid a foam fire blanket down and had fire services there, seems very strange

 

[MashBag]

No landing gear down surely someone in the control tower would have noticed and told the crew to do a go round while they tried to sort it, they could have laid a foam fire blanket down and had fire services there, seems very strange

I said that (foam) to Mrs Mash earlier. Very strange