A pre-flight check of the Jeju Air passenger plane that crashed in South Korea, killing 179 people, found 'no issues', the airline's CEO has said. The plane's landing gear is suspected to have failed to engage during departure from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, forcing it to land on its undercarriage and crash at Muan International Airport. Investigators are focusing on why the landing gear failed to deploy and are also looking into potential bird strikes and weather conditions.
A pre-flight check of the Jeju Air passenger plane which crashed hours later and killed 179 people in South Korea , found "no issues", the airline's boss has said. It is understood that the plane’s landing gear failed to engage as the flight departed Seoul's Gimpo International Airport for Jeju island.Kim Yi-bae, Jeju Air’s CEO, has insisted that "nothing abnormal was noted with the landing gear" during the pre-flight inspection.
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