After the air crash, South Korea will conduct safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft

The South Korean government said on Monday that it plans to conduct safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by domestic airlines. The day before, a Jeju Air plane of this model crashed, killing 179 people. In Sunday's crash, it is believed that all three landing gears of the aircraft, a Boeing B737-800, failed to operate properly.

A source from South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said: "The government plans to comprehensively inspect whether each airline's aircraft utilization rate, flight inspections, maintenance records, etc. comply with various regulations on Boeing aircraft models."

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft is widely operated by domestic low-cost airlines in South Korea. Jeju Air has 39 aircraft, making it the airline with the largest number of this type of aircraft. Other operators include T'wayAir with 27 aircraft, JinAir with 19 aircraft and EastarJet with 10 aircraft.

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism specifically stated that it plans to conduct strict safety inspections on Jeju Air, which has experienced successive landing gear problems.

South Korean authorities will conduct strict safety inspections on Jeju Air

The South Korean government said on Monday it planned to impose strict safety checks on budget airline Jeju Air. Previously, the company's aircraft had experienced landing gear problems on several occasions. , and caused one of the planes to crash the day before, causing a major air crash that killed 179 people.

On Sunday morning local time, the airline's flight 7C2216 deviated from the runway during belly landing at Muan International Airport in Muan County, 290 kilometers southwest of Seoul, collided with a fence and caught fire, killing 179 people on board.

Earlier on Monday, another Jeju Air flight from Gimpo International Airport turned back mid-flight due to a problem with its landing gear, similar to Sunday's crash. The aircraft is the same model as the Boeing B737-800 involved in Sunday's accident.

"We plan to conduct strict aviation safety inspections on the (landing gear) accident," Joo Jong-wan, head of aviation policy at the South Korean Ministry of Transport, said at a press conference on Monday.