The remains of Jeju Air Flight 2216’s empennage lay next to part of the concrete foundation (far left) used to reinforce the antenna it struck. The airport’s perimeter fence is in the foreground.
Credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
A poorly conceived navigational antenna explains why a runway overrun escalated to a catastrophic accident that killed 179 people on a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 on Dec. 29. But investigators are still piecing together the disaster’s bigger mystery: What prompted the rapid emergency landing with no...
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