Initial results of investigations into last December’s devastating Jeju Air crash in South Korea that killed 179 people showed that, while both plane’s engines sustained bird strikes, its pilots turned off the less-damaged one before it crash-landed.

The investigation into a Jeju Air crash in South Korea has found both engines on the plane sustained bird strikes but the pilots turned off a less-damaged one just before its crash-landing.

The pilots of the South Korean airliner that crashed and killed 179 people switched off the wrong engine, a report has revealed.