After air disaster with 179 fatalities: Renewed problems on the plane of the unfortunate airline

By Johannes Neudecker

Seoul - Following the fatal plane crash in south-western South Korea, a plane belonging to the same airline has again had problems with its landing gear, according to a media report.

Once again, a Jeju Air plane had problems. (archive picture)
Once again, a Jeju Air plane had problems. (archive picture)  © 123rf/rdv27

As reported by the Yonhap news agency, flight 7C101 of the low-cost airline Jeju Air had to return to its departure airport Gimpo, west of the capital Seoul, on Monday due to landing gear problems.

A day earlier, a Boeing 737-800 of the same airline had landed in Muan without its landing gear deployed, possibly due to a bird strike, and crashed into a wall at the end of the runway.

179 of the 181 passengers were killed.

The accident involving flight 7C2216, which was coming from Bangkok, was the most devastating in South Korea's aviation history to date.

As a result of the accident, the country's government intends to haveall domestic Boeing 737-800aircraft inspected to ensure that the airlines are complying with the applicable rules for the model, as the Ministry of Transport announced, according to Yonhap.