The preliminary report was released by the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday in South Korea.
A small American Airlines jet collided with a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed in to the Potomac River on Wednesday night.
Pilots’ actions after the bird strike are an early focus of the investigation, according to people familiar with the probe.
Bird feathers and bloodstains were found in both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December, according to a preliminary investigation released Monday.
Bereaved family members of the Jeju Air plane crash honor the victims through a joint ancestral rite -- also known as charye -- at the memorial altar set up for the plane crash victims at Muan International Airport on Wednesday,
South Korean officials investigating the fatal Jeju Air crash have published a preliminary report of the accident.
Jeju Air Flight 2216's deadliest crash investigation has revealed the presence of bird feathers and blood in the plane engines.According to SCMP, the South Korean officials said on Monday, January 27,
The last deadly major crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. was in 2009, when 49 people — 45 passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants — aboard a Colgan Air flight crashed in New York state. One person also died on the ground.
The Transport Ministry says the plane operated by Air Busan was preparing to leave Gimhae International Airport for Hong Kong when it caught fire.
Preliminary investigation into the Air Busan Airbus A321 fire at Gimhae has not found evidence of dangerous items brought on board the twinjet, and no immediate indication that the blaze was terrorism-related.