South Korea's Jeju Air plane crash probe finds duck DNA in both engines of jet that burst into flames in Seoul
CBSN
Seoul, South Korea — The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven't determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday said that feathers and bird blood stains were found in both engines.
"The samples were sent to specialized organizations for DNA analysis, and a domestic organization identified them as belonging to Baikal teals," the report said, referring to a migratory duck.
The report also said the plane's two black boxes — the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — stopped recording about four minutes before the crash. This could complicate efforts to find the cause of the crash.
