Analysis is underway of bird strike traces found in an engine of the Jeju Air passenger plane that crashed on Dec. 29, with ...

South Korean officials are conducting an emergency safety investigation after 179 people died in the country's worst-ever ...

It is not uncommon for planes to strike wildlife, but most episodes don’t result in deaths or serious injuries.

A bird strike and adverse weather likely caused a fatal Jeju Air crash in South Korea, the local fire chief said Sunday, as video showed the plane being engulfed in flames on landing.

Bird strikes happen far more often ... condolences and apologies to the passengers who lost their lives in the accident and to their bereaved families. Currently, the exact cause of the accident ...

Bird strikes have not caused many plane losses ... Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator at the US's Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board, told The ...

The exact cause of the accident is under investigation, but South Korean Transport Ministry officials say the control tower ...

Collisions between birds and planes in mid flight are not unusual, but bird strikes are unlikely to affect the lowering of a ...

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing at least 120, emergency ...

"Of course there might have been a bird strike," he said. "But the consequences are much too big for that to be the direct cause of the accident." (Reporting by Bart Meijer and Lisa Barrington ...