The preliminary report was released by the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday in South Korea.
A small American Airlines jet collided with a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed in to the Potomac River on Wednesday night.
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Preliminary investigation into the Air Busan Airbus A321 fire at Gimhae has not found evidence of dangerous items brought on board the twinjet, and no immediate indication that the blaze was terrorism-related.
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
Bereaved family members of the Jeju Air plane crash honor the victims through a joint ancestral rite -- also known as charye -- at the memorial altar set up for the plane crash victims at Muan International Airport on Wednesday,
South Korean officials investigating the fatal Jeju Air crash have published a preliminary report of the accident.
The feathers and blood stains on both engines of the Jeju Air plane were from the Baikal teal, a type of migratory duck that files in large flocks, according to a preliminary investigation report published on Monday.
The last deadly major crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. was in 2009, when 49 people — 45 passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants — aboard a Colgan Air flight crashed in New York state. One person also died on the ground.
The Transport Ministry says the plane operated by Air Busan was preparing to leave Gimhae International Airport for Hong Kong when it caught fire.
All passengers were safely evacuated when fire ripped through an Air Busan Airbus with 176 on board in South Korea on Tuesday. Newsweek reached out to Airbus and Air Busan for comment via email on Wednesday.