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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

South Korea ignored repeated bird strike warnings before Jeju Air disaster

South Korean aviation authorities were reportedly warned about a high risk of bird strikes near the Muan international airport before a Jeju Air flight crashed there in December, killing 179 people in the country’s worst air disaster.

Ten days before the fatal incident, a dozen officials met at the airport to review an alarming rise in bird strike incidents.

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