Summary
A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport, South Korea, killing 179 people, with only two crew members surviving. The black boxes stopped recording four minutes before the crash.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the malfunctioning black box. They suspect a bird strike, as feathers were found in one engine, and video footage confirmed a bird impact. However, the exact cause of the crash remains elusive.
Investigators are probing why the landing gear wasn’t deployed, the role of power failure in missing black box data, and the construction of the airfield wall the plane hit.
Only a few that we know of so far.
But here’s the list I’m tracking -
Video footage and teardrop go around suggests neither engine was producing thrust.
Possible smoke in cabin making an already hard go around harder
Runway on wrong side of go around for primary pilot to have good visibility
Airport did not staff anti bird crew correctly
Airport does not have state of the art anti bird systems
Pilots decided on a go around instead of putting the bird struck plane on the ground for unknown reason. (Generally you continue your approach if you can) The unknown reason could be pilot error or a mechanical failure.
That’s quite a lot to go wrong already.