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A flock of birds "covered the runway sky" before the crash, an airport employee has told local media.
"[Before the accident] in the morning, a flock of birds flew in to the point of covering the sky [over the airport runway]," they said.
"All the employees said it was the first time they had seen so many birds. They suddenly flew in from outside the airport. This doesn't usually happen."
Investigators are still looking into the cause of the crash, including a possible bird strike.
Transport ministry officials have said their early assessment of communication records show the airport control tower issued a bird strike warning to the plane shortly before it intended to land and one of the two surviving members of crew said the cause of crash was "presumed to have been a bird strike" (see 8.40am post).
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