Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport "Clearned distress signal after warning of accidental passenger plane collision with birds"

It turns out that the Jeju Airport accident passenger was warned of a bird collision just before landing.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said at around 8:57 a.m. today, the control tower at Muan International Airport warned of a bird collision on the plane, and the captain later sent a Mayday, or distress signal.

He also explained that the accident investigation committee has collected flight recorders and plans to secure additional voice recorders depending on the situation at the site.When pointed out that the 2,800m-long runway was the cause of the accident,

, a similar-sized aircraft has been operating before, he said, adding that it is difficult to say that an accident occurred due to the length of the runway.