Investigators have found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air 737 that crashed in South Korea last month.
The Boeing 737-800 plane, which departed from the Thai capital Bangkok for Muan county in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport’s runway, bursting into flames after hitting an embankment.
Only two crew members at the tail end of the plane survived the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil.
About four minutes before the fatal crash, one of the pilots reported a bird strike and declared an emergency before initiating a go-around and attempting to land on the opposite end of the runway, according to South Korean authorities.
Investigators have found bird feathers and blood in both engines instead of just one as previously reported, a person familiar with the probe told media on Friday.
South Korea’s transport ministry declined to comment on whether feathers and blood were found in both engines.
The plane’s two black boxes stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, posing a challenge to the ongoing investigation.
