The acting head of South Korea has mandated an immediate security check of all aircraft operations one day after 179 people died in the most fatal aircraft crash on its soil.
The Jeju Air aircraft burst into flames as it crash-landed in South Korea’s Muan International Airport, killing all ashore save for two patients.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok has requested that the incident’s researchers make their results immediately public.
Another Jeju Air trip departed Seoul on Monday after takeoff according to an unnamed landing-gear issue, according to his plea.
On Monday, the Jeju Air plane departed from Gimpo International Airport at 06: 35 local time ( 21: 35 GMT Sunday ) and returned less than an hour later after realising a mechanical defect caused by the landing-gear issue, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
The set of wheels and other components of the aircraft that support the plane during flight, driving, and landing are called “landing products.”
The Boeing B737-800, which was the same concept as the one involved in the crisis on Sunday, was the one that turned around.
Thirty-nine of the 41 planes in Jeju Air’s ship are of this type.
Following the fatal crash on Sunday, Boeing had stated that it was in contact with Jeju Air and that it was “ready to assist them.”
The 179 people on aircraft 7C2216 were aged between three and 78 years old, although most were in their 40s, 50s and 60s, according to Yonhap media organization. Authorities have reported that two Thai citizens are among the dying, and the rest are thought to be South Korean.
On Sunday, the ill-fated plane had skidded off the runway after touching down and crashed into a wall shortly after 09: 00 local time ( 00: 00 GMT ).
After air traffic control issued a bird hit alert, a South Korean transfer official claimed the aircraft had been trying to land but was forced to hold off due to the risk of a motion with animals.
The air traffic control afterwards gave authorization for the plane to land in the same direction, the official said.
At a media conference on Sunday, the firm’s executives apologized in public and bowed profoundly.
” We sincerely apologize to all those who have been affected by the event. We may make every effort to resolve the situation”, the organization said in a statement.
Jeju Air shares were trading on Monday in Seoul at 8 % less.
The injury is a national horror for South Korea, which has experienced social unrest since congress voted to remove Yoon Suk Yeol and his momentary replacement Han Duck-soo.
Acting President Choi, who stepped into the interim function only on Friday, said he is “heartbroken” by the crash.
” To the virtuous members of our society, as an operating leader, my soul aches as we face this unforeseen tragedy amid new economic hardships”, he said.