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Bird strike, adverse weather likely caused fatal S. Korea plane crash — fire chief
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmergency services say a bird strike and adverse weather conditions were the likely causes of a Jeju Air plane crash that killed at least 85 people in South Korea.
“The cause of the accident is presumed to be a bird strike combined with adverse weather conditions. However, the exact cause will be announced following a joint investigation,” Lee Jeong-hyun, chief of Muan fire station, says during a briefing.
Lee Hyeon-ji, a response team officer at the local fire department, had earlier warned that “the tally could rise due to the critically injured”.
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