Air traffic controllers warned of bird strike alert minutes before Boeing 737 crashed and killed 179
Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport, South Korea on Sunday, December 29, 2024 after traveling from takeoff from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand at 2:11 a.m. The Boeing 737-800 crashed at about 9:00 a.m. Sunday, December 29, 2024, when the aircraft made a belly landing on the Runway 19 without the main landing gear deployed, and the flight overshot the runway at Muan International Airport. Two crew members escaped after the crash. Video shows the that no landing gear were down during landing. Video appears to show that the aircraft hit an embankment or structure and an ILS array (Instrument Landing System antennas) at the end of the runway, and then there was an eruption of flames. Aviation expert David Learmount claimed on Sky News after the crash that a solid structure should not have been located at the end of the runway. Fiery plane crash kills 179 in worst airline disaster in South Korea | Reuters South Korea plane...