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.