I think this is disingenuous reporting.
It’s too early to actually draw a conclusion. We should wait for the full investigation.
There are a large number of compounding problems here. That was just the last one.
It’s too early to actually draw a conclusion. We should wait for the full investigation.
There are a large number of compounding problems here. That was just the last one.
"...the runway design "absolutely (did) not" meet industry best practices, which preclude any hard structure within at least 300m (984ft) of the end of the runway."
"it emerged that remarks in Muan International Airport's operating manual, uploaded early in 2024, said the concrete embankment was too close to the end of the runway."
I mean that was a pretty obvious design flaw that went against common standards. I agree it isn't cut and dry yet but an investigation isn't going to change the above info.
See Swiss cheese model.
Etc etc. The fact that a wall was 50m out of compliance or whatever it ends up being will be a footnote at best in the review of this crash.
OP is 100% right that many, many things must have gone wrong for the position of this structure to remotely matter (human or mechanical errors).
Let’s wait for the investigators. It’s not good to fixate on this outcome.