Passenger airplane faces disaster five hours after departing from Bangkok

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The passenger plane that incurred the accident took off from Bangkok, Thailand around 1:30 AM today (Dec. 29) and flew smoothly to Muan Airport, but could not avoid the disaster.

Reporter Woo Han-sol has organized the timeline of events that occurred during the five hours after takeoff.

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The Jeju Air passenger plane that incurred the accident departed from Bangkok, Thailand around 1:30 AM local time today.

After flying for nearly five hours, the aircraft arrived near Muan Airport and was preparing to land as the control tower granted landing permission around 8:54 AM.

However, three minutes later, a bird strike warning was issued to the aircraft.

Just two minutes after the bird strike warning was issued, the captain sent a "Mayday" distress signal to the control tower.

After sending the distress signal, the captain attempted to go around, meaning the aircraft tried to re-takeoff to find the original landing point.

Under normal circumstances, the aircraft would have needed to fly around in a circle to return to the originally scheduled landing point.

However, this go-around was not fully executed, and the aircraft attempted to land in the opposite direction, towards runway 19.

The aircraft attempted a belly landing, and just three minutes into the landing attempt, at 9:03 AM, the aircraft ultimately could not stop and collided with the airport fence.

It was a disaster that occurred just about five hours after taking off from Bangkok and only nine minutes after the control tower granted normal landing permission.

This is KBS News, Woo Han-sol.