South Korea seeks to rebuild aviation safety system after crash, fire incidents

@Peter Neil

It was a singular, not systemic failure.

The decision to construct a concrete embankment right at the end of the runway instead of a collapsable one came from within the system and was approved by it.

@Agent_Neo

The unfortunate thing about South Korea is that even when man-made disasters occur, they don't do anything to improve the future.

Actually they do. Korea banned the importation of used Japanese ferries after Sewol disaster as Japanese ferries are deemed not stable enough in Korea's rough coastal waters, now all new ferries are required to be built in Korea using Korea's passenger ship safety standard.

As for two recent airline incidents, the first one was actually an excellent airmanship(The captain was a former fighter pilot and this is why he was able to maneuver aggressively the way he did and belly land on runway when he lost both engines and all electrical power) that ended in tragedy due to poor runway design.

The second fire incident wasn't airline's fault. Lithium batteries are fire hazards, especially Chinese ones.

it was a singular, not systemic failure.

The unfortunate thing about South Korea is that even when man-made disasters occur, they don't do anything to improve the future.

If measures had been taken against bird strikes and the embankment had not been piled up, the plane might not have exploded, with only the engine burning.

Those responsible will be held accountable, but their findings will not be put to good use.

Man-made disasters that claim hundreds of casualties will likely occur periodically from now on.