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Jeju Air Disaster Prompts a Reckoning Over Runway Safety
After a plane overshot a runway in South Korea, killing 179 people, a Times analysis found that global standards that help ...
Before the Jeju Air crash, South Korea had gone from air safety 'pariah' to a global gold standard
Flight 7C2216, a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 operated by the Korean budget airline Jeju Air, crashed while landing at Muan ...
South Korean military under fire for ‘lack of discipline’ after series of major accidents
On April 18, the air force accidentally dropped two gun pods from a KA-1 light attack aircraft. Read more at straitstimes.com ...
South Korea ignored repeated bird strike warnings before Jeju Air disaster
Report says authorities knew of Muan airport facing high risk of bird strikes years before 179 people died in crash ...
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Pilots Discussed Alternate Ways to Land Before Deadly Jeju Air Crash
When that failed, air traffic controllers asked if they ... The cause of the disaster, the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil, is still being investigated, and the exchange between the ...
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South Korean military under fire for ‘lack of discipline’ after series of major accidents
Two weeks prior to the crash, two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets accidentally bombed a village near the inter-Korean border, injuring 38 people, mostly civilians. The South Korean Air Force cited ...