Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Korean lawmakers decry insufficient bird strike prevention measures at airports after Jeju Air crash

Lawmakers at a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday criticized the insufficient personnel and equipment for bird strike prevention at airports, which are believed to have contributed to the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29.

2025-01-14

Analysis underway of bird feathers, blood sample taken from engine of ill-fated Jeju Air plane

Analysis is underway of bird strike traces found in an engine of the Jeju Air passenger plane that crashed on Dec. 29, with bird feathers and blood stains from the crash debris sent to research institutes for analysis on Thursday.

2025-01-09

Endangered birds struggle with scattered nets and waste on Jeju Island

A flock of black-faced spoonbills, an endangered species that is designated as a natural monument by the Korea Heritage Service, is perched on coastal rocks filled with discarded nets and other abandoned fishing equipment.

2024-11-04

Welcome back

Three white-naped cranes are seen on agricultural land near a reservoir in Cheorwon County in Gangwon on Sunday.

2024-10-06

The integrity of the dog and the bird (KOR)

If a dog and a bird can embrace one another it, why not humans?

2024-02-15

The integrity of the dog and the bird

If a dog and a bird can embrace one another it, why not humans?

2024-02-14

T'way flight aborts landing after bird strike Wednesday

A T'way Air flight experienced a bird strike Wednesday while landing at Incheon International Airport.

2024-01-11

F-35A fighter jet faces retirement after hitting an eagle mid-flight

The Korean Air Force on Friday announced it has decided to scrap the F-35A fighter jet that had been damaged after hitting an eagle in January.

2023-12-01

Jeju Air 737 returns safely to Osaka after bird strike

A Jeju Air 737 taking off from Osaka turned back due to a bird strike and landed safely. Flight 1381, which departed from Kansai International Airport at 11 a.m. Tuesday and headed for Gimpo International Airport, collided with birds immediately...

2022-11-22

Pair of nearly extinct crested ibises born in the wild

Forty-two years after the crested ibis vanished from Korea, two birds from the endangered species were born in the wild on Tuesday.

2021-04-29