Authorities have suggested that migratory bird strikes were the cause of last month's deadly plane crash in South Korea, according to multiple reports.

South Korea’s authorities investigating last month’s Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the UN aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand,

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South Korean officials are launching an investigation into the cause of the fire that engulfed an Air Busan passenger plane, with eyewitness accounts suggesting a power bank may have sparked the blaze.

The preliminary report was released by the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday in South Korea.

Pilots’ actions after the bird strike are an early focus of the investigation, according to people familiar with the probe.

Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report.

THREE passengers were injured when flames ripped through a South Korean commercial plane today, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board. An Air Busan plane burst into flames on the

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Bird feathers were found in the engines of crashed Jeju Air jet. Investigators claim they have found evidence of a bir

The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.