The causes of 737-800 accidents, including the crash of Eastern Airlines, respectively

[Anchor]
The Boeing 737-800 is the world's best-selling model, so there are many accidents.

The causes are different, and there are cases where they have not been able to find out at the end.

Reporter Shin Woong-jin reports on what incidents and accidents have occurred in recent years.

[Reporter]
On March 21, 2022, a Chinese Eastern Airlines plane crashed into a hill in Wuzhou City, killing all 132 passengers.

At that time, it fell vertically, raising the possibility of the pilot's intention, but it was not able to determine the cause of the accident.

[Zhutao / Director, Civil Aviation Administration, China (March 2022): It will take time to recover and read the data. If the interior of the storage device is damaged, it may take longer.

In August 2020, 21 people were killed when an Air India Express plane broke off the runway during landing in Kozhikode, Kerala, southern India.

It was concluded that it was the pilot's fault at the time.

Even in the first half of this year, when Boeing's absurd accidents continued, the 737-800 was not missed.

On April 7, the engine cover of a Southwest flight from Denver Airport to Houston was peeled off and made an emergency return 25 minutes after takeoff.

When a Korean T'way Airlines flight departing from Tokyo Narita Airport in Japan on January 10th got off at Incheon International Airport, the right engine caught fire.

Fortunately, there were no casualties as it landed safely, and a "bird strike" in which birds were sucked into the engine was identified as the cause of the fire.

In January 2020, all 176 people were killed when Iran's Revolutionary Guards shot down a 737-800 Ukrainian aircraft that took off from Tehran International Airport after mistaking it for a missile.

I'm YTN's Shin Woongjin.