South Korea to Change Airport Design

South Korea Enacts a Change After Jeju Air Crash
The deadliest plane crash in South Korea's history is triggering a change at the country's airports. The BBC reports the concrete barriers that contain navigation systems at seven airports will be altered in the wake of the crash,
South Korea to remove concrete antenna barriers at airports after crash that killed 179
The 29 December crash is still being probed but experts have said the massive berm supporting navigation antennas at the end of the runway at Muan airport likely made the disaster more deadly than it might have been otherwise.
After Jeju Air crash, South Korea to remove all embankments near airport runways
South Korea will remove hazardous structures found near runways at seven of its 14 airports across the country, following the crash of a Jeju Air flight that killed 179 of the 181 people on the plane last month,
Survivor of South Korea plane crash is awake and speaking: Hospital official
A flight attendant, one of just two survivors of the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea on Sunday that killed 179 people, is awake and talking, a hospital official said.
Jeju Air crash: Former airport chief linked to South Korea’s Muan airport project found dead
Son Chang-wan, a former president of the state-run Korea Airports Corporation, who spearheaded a controversial facility upgrade at Muan International Airport, was found dead at his home in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province,
South Korea’s Jeju Air crash: bird feathers, blood found in engines of plane
Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe said on Friday. The Boeing 737-800 plane,
South Korea plane crash investigators find feathers in engines — media
Investigators probing the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people last month have found feathers in both engines, according to South Korean media reports, with a bird strike being examined as one possible cause.
South Korea to remove concrete embankment blamed for Jeju plane crash
Investigation into Jeju Air crash reveals deadly runway design flaws, leading to widespread reforms at South Korean airports.
S Korea to remove concrete walls near runways after deadly crash
Seven airports will also have their runway safety areas adapted following a review of all South Korea's airports that was carried out after the crash - the deadliest in the country's history. The Jeju Air flight was bringing passengers home from Thailand after Christmas when it made an emergency landing at Muan airport and exploded after slamming into a concrete barrier at the end of the runway.
South Korea to Change Airport Design After Deadly Jeju Air Crash
South Korea will extend runway safety areas and redesign infrastructure after the crash of a Jeju Air Co. flight last month that killed almost everyone on board, sparking criticism that the design of the airport might have exacerbated the accident.
S. Korea To Overhaul Some Airports After Jeju Air Crash
South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they will change the concrete barriers used for navigation at some airports across the country after the Jeju Air crash that left 179 people dead.
South Korea to remove concrete embankment blamed for exacerbating deadly plane crash
South Korea's transport ministry said on Wednesday that it would remove the concrete embankment installed at Muan ...
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Black box from South Korea plane crash did not record final 4 minutes, officials say
The black boxes of the passenger jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month killing 179 people stopped recording ...