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South Korea Plane Crash Probe to Focus on Bird Strike, Landing Gear After 179 Killed
- Flight 2216 from Bangkok slammed into a wall after skidding
- Accident is worst passenger air disaster ever in South Korea
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A possible bird strike and an unusual landing-gear failure are the main points of focus as investigators prepare to analyze the flight recorders for clues on South Korea’s worst civil aviation accident that left all but two of the 181 passengers dead.
The Boeing Co. 737-800 aircraft operated by Jeju Air Co. crashed at Muan International Airport on Sunday morning, skidding along the runway on its belly before smashing into a wall, where it exploded into a ball of fire. Only a pair of flight attendants survived.