All Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by South Korean airlines will undergo safety inspections following a deadly crash on Sunday. The Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, crashed after aborting its first landing attempt and experiencing a bird strike warning. The incident, South Korea's worst aviation disaster in decades, has prompted concerns about the government's ability to handle the crisis amidst political turmoil.
After a Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 181 people crashed on Sunday in South Korea , killing all but two people on board, officials said they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines.Sunday's crash, South Korea ’s worst aviation disaster in decades, triggered an outpouring of national sympathy.
Video of the crash indicated that the pilots did not deploy flaps or slats to slow the aircraft, suggesting a possible hydraulic failure, and did not manually lower the landing gear, suggesting they did not have time, said John Cox, a retired airline pilot and CEO of Safety Operating Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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