A second Jeju Air flight was forced to return to its origin on Monday after experiencing a suspected landing gear issue, following the fatal crash of another Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 in South Korea on Sunday.
The disastrous crash of a Boeing 737-800 in South Korea over the weekend, which killed 179 of the 181 people onboard, was followed by a second incident involving Jeju Air. On Monday, the flight was forced to return to its origin due to a reportedly similar landing gear issue. It's still not clear what caused Jeju Air flight 7C2216, originating in Bangkok, Thailand, to crash Sunday at Muan International Airport in South Korea shortly before landing.
Preliminary investigation of video footage of the accident, however, suggests multiple factors leading to the crash, in which only two flight attendants seated at the rear of the plane survived.describing the leadup to the crash, 7C2216 was warned of bird activity in the area, followed by a report from the aircraft that, despite the warning, it had struck a bird. Aviation experts at FlightRadar24 the craft made a low-altitude flyover of the airport, likely in an attempt to have officials on the ground confirm the state of the plane and suggest next steps. FlightRadar24 said that ADS-B broadcasts from 7C2216 stopped during its flyover, which could have multiple explanations,'including loss of electrical power to the transponder, a wider electrical failure, or pilot action on the flight deck,' the flight tracking site explained. Regardless of the reason, video of the crash landing on 7C2216's second approach showed that the landing gear on the aircraft wasn't deployed, and flaps and slats used to slow the aircraft appeared to be stowed. After landing, 7C2216 crashed into a concrete barricade and burst into a fireball, killing nearly everyone onboard. To make matters worse, this could have been the first of a pair of accidents involving a Jeju Air flight, as, a second flight was forced to return to its point of origin after allegedly suffering a similar landing gear issue. Jeju Air flight 7C101, from Seoul to Jeju Island, experienced a mechanical issue with its landing gear on Monday morning local tim
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