Jeju Air jet turns back after another landing gear issue
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The plane experienced an unidentified landing-gear issue after take-off and returned to the airport in Seoul, where it landed safely.
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SEOUL – A Jeju Air jet suffered a landing gear malfunction on Dec 30 before returning safely to Seoul, the airline’s second aircraft in two days to experience the fault.
The South Korean authorities said they would probe the latest incident, which comes a day after 179 people died in the country’s worst civil-aviation disaster
The plane’s crew discovered a signal warning of a malfunction in the plane’s landing gear after take-off from Seoul, a spokesman for Jeju Air said at a briefing on Dec 30.
Although the pilot managed to get the gear to work after communicating with the airline’s maintenance centre, the decision was made to return to the airport for a check-up, the spokesman said.
The plane landed safely at 7.20am, according to Flightradar24 tracking data.
Passengers were booked on alternative flights.
The Jeju Air spokesman did not confirm what model the plane was.
Yonhap news had earlier reported the aircraft was a Boeing 737-800, the same type of aircraft involved in Dec 29’s crash. BLOOMBERG
