Duck DNA, bird feathers found in ill-fated Jeju Air jet engines: Probe

The preliminary report on the Jeju Air crash provided no initial conclusions about what may have caused the plane to land without its landing gear deployed, and why flight data recorders stopped recording in the final four minutes of the flight [File: Yonhap/South Korea Out via EPA]

The engines of a plane that crashed in South Korea last month contained bird remains, a preliminary investigation into the country’s worst aviation disaster has found.

The six-page report released on Monday by South Korean authorities said both engines of the Boeing 737-800 jet had DNA from Baikal Teals, a type of migratory duck that flies to South Korea for winter in huge flocks.