The cause of the accident is the runway of Muan Airport? "It's quite short compared to other airports." [Y Record]

■ Host: Anchor Park Seok-won, anchor Yoo Da-hyun
■ Starring: Professor Gong Ha-sung of Wooseok University's Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention

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◇Anchor> Isn't the fuselage landing in the worst case manual? But in the worst-case scenario in the manual, I followed that manual, but why is there so many casualties?

◆Gong Ha-sung> It is also necessary to consider the runway characteristics of Muan Airport. Muan Airport has a fairly short runway length. It is said to be about 2,800m. Incheon International Airport is about 4000m. Gimpo International Airport is about 3,600m and Gimhae International Airport is about 3,200m, but it is less than 3,000m. So if you try to land the fuselage, the landing length will inevitably be that long. Since the fuselage lands in a short situation, the landing length becomes longer, and I think this accident occurred due to the inevitable collision with the barrier. If there was some additional ability to operate with one engine, I think it would have been better to move to a longer runway rather than Muan Airport and try to make an emergency landing.

◇Anchor> If you look at it now, isn't it that you've been reinstated to try to land again? Were there any measures that could be taken in the course of the return?

There are two methods of ◆ Gong Ha-sung. It's a way to take measures like lowering the landing gear again. I think maybe those measures have been taken by the pilot enough.

◇Anchor> Are there any measures that can be taken at Muan Airport in the process of communicating with the control tower?

◆Gong Ha-sung> Since Muan Airport allowed an emergency landing, it is judged that the pilot attempted an emergency landing in the control tower.

◇Anchor> You said you had no choice but to land on the fuselage like this because it was an emergency. If there is an accident during landing, will it inevitably cause more casualties?

◆Sung Ha-sung> The fuselage landing generates a lot of frictional resistance, which can cause a fire. As I said earlier, the longer the landing length of the runway, the higher the risk of collision with other barriers and such, and the other thing is that it would have been nice to leave the runway and turn toward the grass instead of going to the barrier. In this case, it is not easy to change direction for the fuselage because the landing gear has not come down.





Excerpted from the conversation: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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