Heejin Kim

Malfunctioning landing fear and a bird strike have raised more questions than answers to what caused the South Korean plane to crash.

A Jeju Air Co. jet suffered a landing-gear malfunction on Monday before returning safely to Seoul, the airline’s second aircraft to experience the fault in two days.

The plane crash that killed 179 people and left two survivors was South Korea’s worst commercial airline disaster. Authorities retrieved the two black boxes, or flight recorders, which are expected to give them critical information about the final moments before the plane exploded as it landed on a regional airport tarmac in the nation’s south. The investigation is focusing on an apparent landing-gear failure and bird strike.

Investigadores se centrarán en un posible impacto con un pájaro y un fallo del tren de aterrizaje en busca de pistas sobre lo que causó el peor accidente de aviación civil de Corea del Sur, en el que murieron todos menos dos de 181 pasajeros.

A device that could shed light on South Korea’s deadliest plane crash is missing a critical component, authorities have revealed, potentially delaying the investigation into the cause of the accident that killed 179 people.

South Korean authorities have defended airport infrastructure at the site of the country’s worst civil air accident as questions grow over the role played in the disaster by a concrete wall at the end of the runway.

South Korean authorities are investigating airport infrastructure at the site of the country's worst civil air accident as questions grow over the role played in the disaster by a concrete wall at the end of the runway.

South Korean police searched offices and the airport where Sunday’s deadly plane crash occurred, as part of a series of raids on Thursday aimed at determining who is responsible for the disaster.

South Korea plans to review the concrete walls positioned just beyond the end of some airport runways after an aircraft attempting an emergency landing smashed into one just over a week ago, killing almost everyone on board.

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