South Korea’s government, along with selected prototype companies, has launched a project to develop a 16,000 lbf-class engine. However, experts warn that acquiring the necessary technology will pose significant challenges.

The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea has confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.

A preliminary report says evidence of a bird strike was found on the Jeju Air plane that crashed into a wall at a South Korean airport, killing 179 people.