
A flock of birds "covered the sky of the runway" before the crash, a Korean airport employee told local media about the tragic accident.
"[Before the accident] in the morning, a flock of birds flew up to the point that they covered the sky [over the airport runway]," they said.
"All the employees said it was the first time they had seen so many birds. They suddenly flew in from outside the airport. That doesn't usually happen."
Investigators are still looking into the cause of the crash, including a possible bird strike.
Transport ministry officials have said their early assessment of communications records shows the airport's control tower issued a bird strike warning to the plane shortly before it intended to land and one of the two surviving crew members of the crew said the cause of the crash was "presumed to have been a bird strike".
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