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| JEJU AIR BOEING 737 - MAX 8 HL8553 (MSN 66541) |
The pilots sending out a mayday call, attempted a go-around, and then on their second try, the landing gear failed to deploy, causing the plane to perform a belly-land far past the usual touchdown point. It sped off the runway, smashed into the approach lighting system, and crashed into a berm surrounding a concrete structure holding an antenna array for the instrument landing system (ILS). The crash claimed the lives of all 175 passengers and 4 of the 6 crew members. The two surviving cabin crew, seated at the back of the plane which broke away from the fuselage, were rescued with injuries.
Just seconds before the mayday call, both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) stopped working. Investigators later found evidence of a bird strike involving a species of migratory duck in both engines, with the right engine taking heavy damage. In July 2025, South Korean media reported that the investigation board concluded the crew had accidentally shut down the relatively undamaged left engine instead of the badly damaged right one. Less than a month before the crash, Jeju Air had resumed regular international services at Muan International Airport following a suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the airline was operating four flights a week between Muan and Bangkok.
The aircraft involved was manufactured in 2009 and was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-8AS registered as HL8088 (MSN 37541) and was equipped with two CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines. It was acquired by Jeju Air in 2017 after previously operating for Ryanair.
Just seconds before the mayday call, both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) stopped working. Investigators later found evidence of a bird strike involving a species of migratory duck in both engines, with the right engine taking heavy damage. In July 2025, South Korean media reported that the investigation board concluded the crew had accidentally shut down the relatively undamaged left engine instead of the badly damaged right one. Less than a month before the crash, Jeju Air had resumed regular international services at Muan International Airport following a suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the airline was operating four flights a week between Muan and Bangkok.
The aircraft involved was manufactured in 2009 and was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-8AS registered as HL8088 (MSN 37541) and was equipped with two CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines. It was acquired by Jeju Air in 2017 after previously operating for Ryanair.
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