{"id":294128,"date":"2025-04-30T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/south-korea-to-use-drones-to-deter-birds-after-deadly-jeju-air-crash\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:13:06","slug":"south-korea-to-use-drones-to-deter-birds-after-deadly-jeju-air-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/south-korea-to-use-drones-to-deter-birds-after-deadly-jeju-air-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea to Use Drones to Deter Birds After Deadly Jeju Air Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Korea will begin deploying drones at airports in the first half of this year to help prevent bird strikes, part of an overhaul of aviation safety that was announced four months after the deadliest aviation disaster<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n

The government also said it aimed to rebuild some crucial infrastructure at six airports by the end of the year, devise measures to combat pilot fatigue, and increase the number of safety supervisors.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 29, the pilots of Jeju Air Flight 2216 declared \u201cMayday\u201d and told air traffic controllers there had been a bird strike as the plane was descending into Muan International Airport in the country\u2019s southwest. After making a sharp turn, the jet landed on its belly, slid down the runway and rammed into a concrete barrier, exploding into a fireball that killed 179 of the 181 people on board.<\/p>\n

Aviation safety experts have suggested that the collision<\/a> with the barrier \u2014 an antenna array used to guide aircraft during landing called a localizer \u2014 may have contributed to the high death toll. Such concrete localizers like the one in Muan will be replaced with frangible structures that break apart easily, the government said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n