Aviation journalist Sally Gethin suggests a bird strike is to blame for the South Korean crash, pointing to engine damage and hydraulic failure as possible contributing factors.
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00:00So, there seems to be a possible chain of events that is coming to light now.
00:08It seems that the air traffic control tower notified the pilots that they could see that
00:14there was a bird strike as the plane was on final approach.
00:19Now, the pilots themselves would have noticed something instantly if it was that catastrophic
00:25bird strike because it was possibly ingested into one of the engines and that could have
00:31an immediate effect.
00:32That would explain loss of hydraulics which in turn would affect the deployment of the
00:38landing gear and really it was the loss of the landing gear operation that really determined
00:44the fate of this particular airplane.
00:47Investigators will be looking for forensic evidence.
00:51In the initial stage, they will be retrieving the two black boxes, the voice recorder and
00:58the data recorder.
01:00Those will be critical for retrieving data and voice communications between the pilots
01:06in the cockpit and the control tower and all the different entities that were involved
01:13in the actual operation of that flight.