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At least 122 people have died in a plane crash in South Korea, according to local fire and rescue officials.
The South Korean airliner that crashed at the Muan International Airport on Sunday made a mayday call shortly after the control tower warned about birds in the area, according to a briefing from the Land Ministry.
The jet initially attempted to land on runway no.01, when the control tower warned that birds were in the area and a strike was possible. Approximately one minute later, the pilot made a mayday call to the tower.
The control tower instructed the plane to land in the opposite direction on runway no.19. The pilot followed the instructions and the plane struck navigation equipment on the ground before crashing into a wall.
The landing attempt occurred approximately two minutes after the pilot made the mayday call, according to the ministry. Authorities are continuing their investigation.
Officials from the ministry said in a briefing that the flight data recording black box has been recovered by the accident investigation committee while the voice recording device has not been recovered yet,
The flight data recorders or so-called “black boxes” offer aviation safety investigators critical facts when piecing together an incident.
