Jeju Air plane damaged in botched landing at Vietnam airport; no injuries reported
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The tyres on the plane's landing gear were damaged after the aircraft veered off course while landing at Vietnam's Da Nang International Airport.
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SEOUL - Jeju Air, under public scrutiny after the Flight 2216 crash that killed 179 in late 2024, had another scare recently when one of its planes experienced minor difficulties while landing at Da Nang International Airport in Vietnam, according to local news reports on May 29.
Jeju Air Flight 2217 from Incheon veered off course for a moment while landing at the airport at around 12.50am (1.50am Singapore time) on May 28. The aircraft carrying 183 passengers immediately returned to course and no one was injured, but the tyres on the landing gear were damaged in the process.
The airline replaced the tires in Da Nang and deployed a replacement plane of the same type – Boeing 737-800 – for the return flight.
The return flight took off at 4.08pm on the same day from Da Nang International Airport, 14 hours and 38 minutes later than the initially scheduled time.
Jeju Air’s fleet comprises mostly Boeing 737-800 planes, which was also the model of the ill-fated Flight 2216.
Officials from South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport are conducting an investigation to determine the exact cause of the incident.
Jeju Air, one of the leading budget carriers in South Korea, suffered a major blow when Flight 2216 belly-landed at Muan International Airport
The plane overshot the runway and crashed into a berm encasing a concrete structure, leading to an explosion that killed everyone onboard
The Transport Ministry has confirmed a bird strike on at least one of the engines, but the exact details of the accident remain under probe. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
