The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, "The captain of the accident passenger plane signals a distress signal a minute after warning of a bird collision."

It turns out that a Jeju Air 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 sent a Mayday, or distress signal a minute later.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.