South Korea plane crash: Why was there a wall near the runway?

An air safety expert says lives could have been saved if the "obstruction" was not there.

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Footage shows the Jeju Air plane coming off the runway before colliding with the wall and bursting into flames at Muan International Airport on Sunday.

Authorities investigating the cause of South Korea's worst-ever plane crash are considering the significance of the concrete wall's location about 250m (820ft) off the end of the runway.

Air safety expert David Learmount said that, had the "obstruction" not been there, the plane "would have come to rest with most - possibly all - those on board still alive".

The pilot reported that the plane had struck a bird and then aborted the original landing and requested permission to land from the opposite direction.

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