South Korean authorities are investigating airport infrastructure at the site of the country’s worst civil air accident as questions grow over the role played in the disaster by a concrete wall at the end of the runway.
Transport officials said at a briefing Tuesday they would assess whether the concrete structure, which supported an array of antennas used to guide a plane’s landing at Muan International Airport, violated any rules. Earlier, the same officials said the structure — known as a localizer — was placed in accordance with international standards outside the runway’s 199-meter safety