Cause of South Korea plane crash unclear as officials focus on bird strikes
Cause of South Korea plane crash unclear as officials focus on bird strikes

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Cause of South Korea plane crash unclear as officials focus on bird strikes

Cause of South Korea plane crash unclear as officials focus on bird strikes
Cause of South Korea plane crash unclear as officials focus on bird strikes
Even with a landing gear failure nothing else made sense: landing 2/3rds way up runway, no flaps, excess speed etc
Complete loss of power due to strikes on all engines. The ram air turbine is not enough to move all those parts.
Boeing 737 allows for gravity drop of landing gear which would work even with total power loss
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/79782/can-the-landing-gear-be-lowered-when-system-a-hydraulic-pressure-is-lost-in-boei
Ram air turbine is sufficient for control surfaces, which is what it's designed for
There’s no ram air turbine on a 737.