Michael Blackstone, a current Boeing 777 pilot and former 737 Captain of the Boeing 737-800 explains what he believes to be the likely causes of Jeju Air’s tragic gear up landing into a concrete berm at the end of runway 19 at South Korea’s Muan International Airport at 0904L on December 29, 2024. The investigation is still underway and the conclusion is likely to be different that what is presented here. As of December 31, 2024, when this video was filmed, this is what is known to be true so far and what appears to be the likely causes of the accident that resulted in the deaths of 179 passengers and crew. Only 2 people survived this incident. It appears that the cockpit crew was very fatigued (left Bangkok at 3:30am) , the flight had a very inexperienced first officer approximately 1,650 hours total time (1500 of which is required to get hired) so only approximately 150 hours of actual experience on the 737-800, the crew rushed (4 minutes) to get the aircraft back on the ground as quickly as possible, they skipped many checklists, they skipped calculating the appropriate landing data, they apparently shut down the left (number 1) engine which resulted in them not being able to deploy the landing gear normally instead of the right (number 2) damaged one, they never got any flaps, gear down, or spoilers deployed at all, they landed very long, (3,900′ down a 9,500′ runway) and unfortunately hit a hidden concrete reinforced earth covered wall at the the end of fateful runway. This horrific aviation accident will surely go down in aviation history as one of the most terribly handled aviation emergencies ever. May we all learn many lessons from this terrible tragedy and may God help us to never repeat it.
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