{"id":204224,"date":"2024-12-29T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/south-korea-expert-says-concrete-wall-plane-crashed-into-is-verging-on-criminal\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:55:09","slug":"south-korea-expert-says-concrete-wall-plane-crashed-into-is-verging-on-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/south-korea-expert-says-concrete-wall-plane-crashed-into-is-verging-on-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea: Expert says concrete wall plane crashed into is ‘verging on criminal’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aviation experts have said airport authorities in South Korea should face serious questions over the concrete wall that a plane collided with killing 179 people.<\/p>\n

Leading air safety expert David Learmount told Sky News the collision with the wall<\/strong><\/a> that supported a guidance system at the end of the runway was the “defining moment” of the disaster.<\/p>\n

“Not only is there no justification [for it to be there], I think it’s verging on criminal to have it there,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Witnesses reported seeing large numbers of birds around the runway shortly before the crash and the control tower had warned the pilot of the possibility of a bird strike. A minute later the plane sent out a mayday signal.<\/p>\n

When the plane landed on its second attempt at 9.03am, its landing gear was not deployed.<\/p>\n

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Mr Learmount believes the people on board had a good chance of survival once the pilot had got the plane on to the ground despite travelling at high speed.<\/p>\n

“He [the pilot] has brought it down beautifully given the circumstances, they are going very fast but the plane is still intact as it slides along the ground,” he said.<\/p>\n

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As it reached the end of the airfield and struck the wall, the plane was almost instantly destroyed.<\/p>\n

“That kind of structure should not be there,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That is awful. That is unbelievably awful.”<\/p>\n

Muan International Airport opened in 2007 and has become a busy regional hub in the south of the country. It is managed by the state-owned Korea Airports Corporation.<\/p>\n

Satellite maps show the concrete structure has stood at the southern end of the runway close to the perimeter fence for many years.<\/p>\n

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It holds the instrument landing system which helps pilots land at night or when visibility is poor.<\/p>\n

At most airports these systems are placed on collapsible structures.<\/p>\n

“To have a hard object about 200m or less into the overrun, I’ve never seen anything like this anywhere ever before,” Mr Learmount added.<\/p>\n

If the plane had not struck the wall he suggested it would have hit through a perimeter fence, travelled over a road and likely stopped in an adjacent field.<\/p>\n

“There was plenty of space for the aircraft to have slowed down, come to a halt,” Mr Learmount said.<\/p>\n

“And I think everybody would have been alive\u2026 the pilots might have suffered some damage going through the security fence or something like that. But I even suspect they might have survived.”<\/p>\n

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Another aviation expert Sally Gethin said she shared concerns about the location of the wall but disagreed that everyone would have survived.<\/p>\n

Ms Gethin said it “seemed to be maintaining speed, so even if there had been more space at the end of the runway it could have possibly ended up being catastrophic”.<\/p>\n

The country’s deputy transport minister Joo Jong-wan said the runway’s 2,800m length was not a contributing factor in the crash – and maintained that walls at the ends were built to industry standards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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