From Korea he orders airports to install cameras to detect birds after an air accident | Airline news
The land ministry aims to install at least one camera in each of the 15 domestic airports after a deadly air accident in December.
The South Korean government ordered all its airports to install cameras to detect birds and radars in response to The worst aircraft disaster in the country in December.
The new plans were announced on Thursday by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as part of a special security inspection of airports throughout the country – together with a comprehensive exploration of facilities that are especially attracted to birds.
AND Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 He flew from Thailand to Muan in the southwest of South Korea on December 29, carrying 181 passengers and crews, when he blew at the Muan airport and exploded in a fireball after scoring in a concrete barrier.
The collision remained 179 people of the dead and only two survivors.
“All airports will be equipped with at least one camera for thermal recording,” the land of the land said, adding that it wants to begin the advantage of next year.
Mobile Sonic devices will also be carried out mainly to deal with “medium and large size birds”.
“Bird radar radars will be installed at all airports to improve early detection of remote birds and improve the reaction for aircraft,” the Ministry added.
The radar will discover the size of the bird and its path of movement, and this information will be transferred by air traffic controllers to communicate with the pilot in turn.
The Ministry also announced that it would “establish legal bases” for moving facilities that attract birds – such as a waste purification plant and orchards – away from the airports and impose new restrictions on distance with new facilities.
“The main priority is the establishment of comprehensive air security reform measures to prevent repetition of aircraft accidents,” said the Deputy Minister of Civil Air Force, Jong-Wan.
Currently, only four airports in Incheon, Gimpo, Gimhae and the island Jeju have thermal cameras to detect birds, according to the State Gazette Agency Yonhap.
With the plan, the government aims to install at least one camera on each of the 15 domestic airports, and the procurement will begin in March.
At the time of the air accident, Jeja, the pilot warned of bird blow before pulling out of the first landing attempt. The aircraft collapsed on its second attempt when ground equipment does not appear.
The South Korean and United States still explore the cause of the collision, which prompted national regret with memories erected throughout the country.
Found feathers and DNA ducks In both air flight engines, according to the reports of the South Korean media, with bird strikes it was tested as one possible cause.
The collision’s investigation was further blurred when the Ministry of Transport said that black boxes were holding flight information and voice discs in the crack for a demolished flight stopped shooting four minutes before the disaster.
