South Korea has released the latest aviation safety management plan: Bird thunder-detecting equipment will be installed at all airports in the country

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea\’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport issued an aviation safety management plan on the 6th, announcing that the government will install thermal imagers and radars at all airports in the country to monitor bird activities. According to reports, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport released the above plan at the meeting of the \”Special Committee on Identifying the Truth of the 12.29 Passenger Aircraft Break and Relief of Victims and Livings\” held by Congress on the 6th. According to the plan, 15 airports across the country will be equipped with at least one thermal imager to monitor bird flocks. Currently, there are only 4 airports in South Korea equipped with this equipment. According to reports, the South Korean government will pass legislation within the year to minimize the easy-to-recruit facilities around the airport.

According to reports, the facilities of easy-to-win birds include 11 kinds of orchards, pig farms, food processing plants, bird reserves, etc. Up to now, there are 115 related facilities as above around major airports across the country, but the current laws do not have any relevant regulations on their penalties or forced relocation. At around 9:7 on December 29, South Korea\’s Jeju Airlines flight 7C2216, which took off from Bangkok, Thailand, crashed when it landed at the Jeolla South Doe Airport. There were 175 passengers and 6 crew members on board. Except for two flight attendants, all the other 179 people were killed.

On January 25, 2025, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that aviation experts analyzed that the South Korean Jeju Airliner that was in the Pacific at the end of last year collided with a bird before landing, and the engines on both sides malfunctioned, and the fuselage was The power supply is interrupted, resulting in the black box recording interruption. Accident investigators found feathers and blood on the engines on both sides of the crashed aircraft. The results of genetic analysis by the National Bioresources Museum under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea show that this is the most common group bird \”flower-faced duck\” in South Korea in winter. (Global Network)

Source: Global Times