The investigation into the Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 at Muan International Airport in South Korea is underway. A malfunction in the landing gear, which a bird strike may have caused, could have led to the plane’s belly landing, preliminary findings show. Experts have said that multiple factors could have resulted in the plane crash, among which are design flaws at the airport. Short runway? Questions have been raised over the length of the runway at the airport. According to the official website, the runway is 2,800 m long. This is considerably shorter than runways at international air hubs. For instance, Seoul’s main Incheon International Airport has runways measuring 3,750 m. Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has runways ranging from 2,816 m to 4,400 m in length. While a Boeing 737-800 can land at a 2,800-m runway, a longer distance can be useful in case of emergencies. Moreover, with construction work underway at Muan airport to extend the runway to over 3,000 m, the usable length of the runway was further reduced, according …