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Eyewitnesses to the South Korea plane crash have come forward with their accounts of the incident, revealing new details about the tragic event.
According to Yonhap News Agency, a witness who was staying in a rental house near the airport reported seeing a spark on the plane’s right wing before the crash. The individual, identified as Yoo, claimed that he immediately alerted his family about the potential issue and then heard a loud explosion as the plane collided with the concrete wall at the end of the runway.
Another witness, Cho, who was walking approximately 4.5 kilometers from the airport, described seeing the plane descend before noticing a flash of light followed by a series of explosions. “I saw the plane descending and thought it was about to land when I noticed a flash of light,” he said. “Then there was a loud bang followed by smoke in the air, and then I heard a series of explosions.”
A third witness, Kim Yong-cheol, claimed that he witnessed the plane attempting to land before having to circle back around due to an initial failure. He stated that he observed the plane ascending after the failed landing attempt and then heard a loud explosion followed by the sight of black smoke billowing into the sky.
In addition to these eyewitness accounts, Jung, a 50-year-old fisherman who was near the airport at the time of the crash, reported seeing birds colliding with the right engine of the plane. “As the plane was landing on the runway, it hit a flock of birds approaching from the opposite direction,” he said. “I heard two or three bangs as if the birds had been sucked into the engine before I saw flames coming from the right engine.”
It is unclear at this time whether these eyewitness accounts will be officially confirmed as contributing factors to the crash.
Source: www.foxnews.com
