A Jeju Air flight from Seoul on Monday (Dec 30) was forced to return after encountering a landing gear problem, the airline said, a day after South Korea's deadliest plane crash.
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00:00Another Jeju Air flight turned back to Seoul Gimpo International Airport early Monday morning,
00:08shortly after takeoff due to the same landing gear issue found in the ill-fated aircraft
00:13that crashed in Muan.
00:15The South Korean airline said the flight 7C101 departed from the airport for Jeju Island
00:21at 6.37 a.m. and returned to the airport at 7.25 a.m.
00:26We decided that it would be better to take a check-up in Hoi An for a safe flight,
00:32so we came back to Gimpo Airport for a check-up.
00:37The passengers departed for Jeju Island again using a replacement aircraft.
00:43South Korean Acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency safety inspection of
00:48its entire airline operations system following the Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crash
00:55that has killed all but two people on board the plane on Sunday.
00:59The flight carrying 181 people from Bangkok landed at Muan International Airport before
01:05overshooting the runway and ramming into a wall of the airport at about 9 a.m.
01:10The government declared seven days of national mourning, with several New Year celebration
01:15events being cancelled, after the country's deadliest ever air disaster since Korean air
01:20crash in Guam in 1997.
01:23Investigators are examining bird strikes and weather conditions as possible factors
01:27in the crash, while experts say many questions remain, including why Boeing 737-800 aircraft
01:35appeared to be traveling so fast during the incident.
01:39Authorities said they had recovered the jet's flight data recorder, but it appeared to have
01:43sustained damages.
01:45The recorder has been transported to Seoul, and an analysis will begin when a team of
01:50officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing arrive in South Korea
01:56on Monday.
01:57The Muan airport will remain closed through Wednesday.