Jeju Air 737 crash South Korea

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It is being argued that even one bird strike can bring down a plane, so is that not a good enough reason to implement remedial and/or preventative measures into the design/manufacturing process? In this case, they are speculating/arguing the bird strike may have jammed up the landing gear.

Of course, we are all just speculating at this point.

Bird strikes causing that much damage are even rarer than bird strikes happening at all. Without knowing a lot more there’s no way to know what happened. The 737-800, like almost all aircraft, has a manual extension system for the gear and flaps. Why they weren’t used is something that will have to wait for the investigation. As will the amount of damage caused by the bird strike.