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Jeju Air Crash That Killed 179 Poses Bird-Strike Mystery

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Bloomberg Dec 30, 2024 08:38 · 37k Views

Investigators are focusing on a bird strike and unusual landing-gear failure as possible causes of the Boeing 737 crash in South Korea that killed 179 people. Asia Transport Reporter Danny Lee reports on 'Bloomberg: The Asia Trade'.

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  • 00:00 Daddy, walk us through what happened on Sunday.
  • 00:03 We're about 24 hours in.
  • 00:05 What are investigators
  • 00:06 focusing on at this point?
  • 00:09 Well, we, we saw this, you know, spectacular footage
  • 00:13 that showed the,
  • 00:14 the the immediate part part of the accident and that was quite unusual to see the plane sliding on its belly with its wheels not deployed and crashing into the embankment and this fiery wreck that
  • 00:26 emanated from it.
  • 00:27 And so
  • 00:28 now this is an A key piece of,
  • 00:31 you know, a clue of evidence that will help try investigators, try to unfold what happened.
  • 00:36 And, you know, now investigators are
  • 00:39 are zeroing in on a couple of items here.
  • 00:41 The fact that there was a bird strike and
  • 00:44 in at this airport in the countries South and
  • 00:46 and there was
  • 00:47 a mayday warning given by the pilots minutes before landing and all these different things happening
  • 00:55 within a short space of time for the pilots
  • 00:58 as they came in to then land at the airport
  • 01:02 unsuccessfully.
  • 01:03 And so
  • 01:03 this is something that investigators will be trying to understand.
  • 01:08 Did something happen related to the bird strike?
  • 01:10 Was there something going on in the cockpit
  • 01:13 or was there something wrong that
  • 01:14 subsequently happened with the aircraft?
  • 01:16 And so
  • 01:18 by this very nature, this this crash was, you know, spectacular given what
  • 01:22 was being filmed
  • 01:25 at the time.
  • 01:25 And so, you know, this clearly quite devastating
  • 01:29 for a crash
  • 01:30 towards the end of the year,
  • 01:32 you know, the worst crash in the country that has taken place ever.
  • 01:35 Now
  • 01:37 that footage certainly is
  • 01:39 shocking and devastating, as you say.
  • 01:40 And
  • 01:41 you know,
  • 01:42 Danny, there's been a spate of aviation accidents,
  • 01:44 incidents this past year over the past few days alone, right?
  • 01:47 And it
  • 01:48 comes against this backdrop of
  • 01:50 quality concerns with with suppliers, with aircraft makers.
  • 01:54 So
  • 01:55 do we need to talk about the context of of, you know, the nature of this
  • 01:58 accident?
  • 02:01 Yeah.
  • 02:01 I mean, aviation still remains very, very safe and particularly when we saw 20.
  • 02:05 23
  • 02:06 being,
  • 02:07 you know, incredibly safe, you know there was.
  • 02:10 No large commercial jet accidents yes, now in 2024,
  • 02:14 we've had a spate of accidents,
  • 02:16 incidents and events, particularly at the start of the year with Japan Airlines
  • 02:20 and then with this Alaska air door blowout, which raised a whole slew of concerns for Boeing.
  • 02:26 But you know, aviation does remain very safe and particularly this
  • 02:29 this this grim milestone that this South Korea
  • 02:33 accident, the first crash for the Jeju air involved in this crash.
  • 02:36 And
  • 02:37 I know this being the worst
  • 02:39 accident in South Korea now ever.
  • 02:41 That was a milestone that has taken more than 20 years to pass.
  • 02:44 But you
  • 02:45 know, given the safety improvements in aviation over multi year, multi decade.
  • 02:50 This clearly is
  • 02:51 just a, a rare 1, you
  • 02:53 know, given the
  • 02:54 the number of flights and the number of planes, particularly of the the Boeing 77 that were just flying every day.
  • 03:00 Danny, what's the outlook as we head into 2025
  • 03:03 for, for the aircraft manufacturers in particular?
  • 03:06 Right.
  • 03:06 It's been a challenging for few years and that doesn't look like it's going to ease.
  • 03:11 Yeah,
  • 03:12 for the manufacturers, frankly, you know, they'll be
  • 03:15 looking to churn out record numbers of of planes and
  • 03:19 but they will be focusing very much on making sure that that supply chain is is fixed.
  • 03:26 That supply chain which has slowed down
  • 03:29 deliveries, which has caused headaches for
  • 03:31 airlines, particularly around, you know, getting these
  • 03:35 new planes out the door.
  • 03:38 Also just, you know, with complaints around quality
  • 03:41 and, you know, quality control.
  • 03:43 So, you know, these are the kind of things that
  • 03:46 the airline industry, the manufacturers will be doing to try
  • 03:48 and move forward together.
  • 03:50 As you know, we still look to have
  • 03:52 another very busy year ahead in 2025 when it comes to, you
  • 03:56 know, satisfying that level of demand for travel, which
  • 03:59 continually edges higher to new records, particularly after COVID.
  • 04:03 And
  • 04:04 you know, with more ambitions in the emerging markets.
  • 04:07 You know, there very much is a sense that
  • 04:10 Aviation 2025 is heading for
  • 04:12 a real,
  • 04:13 you know, record year of demand.