‘Final tragedy’: experts debate role of concrete barriers and runway design in South Korean plane crash

The Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 is believed to have suffered a birdstrike, but analysts doubt that as the single cause of the tragedy

Aviation experts have raised safety questions over the placement of large concrete barriers at the end of runways after a plane crashed into one in South Korea on Sunday.

The Boeing 737-800, operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air, exploded as it ploughed into the concrete embankment while making an emergency landing at Muan international airport.

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