The South Korean agency Yonhap reports on the plans of the country’s authorities to organize an emergency inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft in connection with two emergency incidents in the fleet of the airline Jeju Air.
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Yesterday a tragedy of great magnitude occurred in Muan: due to a failure in the landing gear, a plane from Bangkok skidded off the runway during landing, killing almost all the passengers. And today the agency shared news about a similar malfunction (problems with the landing gear) on another plane of the same airline Jeju Air.
This time, the crew was able to diagnose the problems in time, report the emergency situation immediately after takeoff, and successfully return to the Jeju Island airport.
After the worst plane crash in South Korea’s history, in which 179 people died, the country declared seven days of mourning and authorities investigate and announce the need to inspect and diagnose all Boeing 737-800s of all airlines. local.
Against the backdrop of the tragedy, Jeju Air shares fell by 16%, writes Business Insider. Shares of AK Holdings, the airline’s parent company, also saw a drop (fell 12%).
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