Aviation reporter Andreas Spaeth knowledgeable DW there confirmed as much as have really been a hen strike previous to the Jeju Air plane accident in South Korea.
In a number of of the video clips distributed on social networks “we can actually see, before the initial landing attempt, there was a bird strike,” Spaeth claimed. He included that the airport terminal had really additionally offered a hen strike warning.
The aeronautics reporter claimed that in response to journey data, the airplane did “a so-called teardrop movement” which Spaeth prompt claimed the pilots had been attempting a “desperate maneuver” due to there being “no more or limited engine power available.”
This reveals “some damage in the engines from the previous bird strike,” the press reporter claimed.
Spaeth additionally saved in thoughts that the landing gear had really been extended on the very first landing effort. However, this was not the state of affairs all through the 2nd effort.
He additionally talked about that the plane didn’t have a lot space for an emergency state of affairs landing exterior the trail, stating that the tiny dimension of the supposed “overrun area” was “very worrying.”
“And normally safe airports should be constructed like that, that there’s ample overrun area. “If an aircraft inadvertently leaves the runway, there should be ample space for it to come to a halt even outside the runway,” he claimed.
