Following the deadliest aviation disaster in decades, South Korean authorities are conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines. The crash killed 179 people and sparked concerns about the government's ability to handle the disaster amid political instability.
Seoul, South Korea — South Korea n officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines, as they struggle to determine the cause of a plane crash that killed 179 people a day earlier.Sunday's crash, the country's worst aviation disaster in decades, triggered an outpouring of national sympathy.
Many people worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the disaster as it grapples with a leadership vacuum following the recent successive impeachments of President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo, the country's top two officials, amid political tumult caused by Yoon's brief imposition of martial law earlier this month.New acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday presided over a task force meeting on the crash and instructed authorities to conduct an emergency review of the country's aircraft operation systems. 'The essence of a responsible response would be renovating the aviation safety systems on the whole to prevent recurrences of similar incidents and building a safer Republic of South Korea,' said Choi, who is also deputy prime minister and finance minister. The Boeing 737-800 plane operated by South Korean budget airline Jeju Air aborted its first landing attempt for reasons that aren't immediately clear. Then, during its second landing attempt, it received a bird strike warning from the ground control center before its pilot issued a distress signal. The plane landed without its front landing gear deployed, overshot the runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into a fireball. Alan Price, a former chief pilot at Delta Air Lines and now a consultant, said the Boeing 737-800 is a 'proven airplane' that belongs to a different class of aircraft than the Boeing 737 Max jetliner that was linked to fatal crashes in 2018 and 201
AVIATION DISASTER SOUTH KOREA BOEING 737-800 SAFETY INSPECTIONS POLITICAL INSTABILITY
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