What caused South Korea’s most deadly plane crash?

The emergency landing of Jeju Air Flight 2216 looked highly skilled, experts say, but all except two of the 181 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737-800 hit a wall and burst into flames.

As South Korean investigators probe the causes of the country’s worst-ever aviation disaster on home soil, here’s a look at what could have gone wrong:

The flight from Bangkok to southwestern Muan International Airport in South Korea was warned of a bird strike by the control tower as it came in to land.

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