Second Jeju Air flight suffers landing gear problem

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A Jeju Air flight from Seoul on Monday (Dec 30) was forced to return after encountering a landing gear problem, the airline said, a day after South Korea's deadliest plane crash.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2vy9wepm  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Another Jeju Air flight turned back to Seoul Gimpo International Airport early Monday morning,

00:08shortly after takeoff due to the same landing gear issue found in the ill-fated aircraft

00:13that crashed in Muan.

00:15The South Korean airline said the flight 7C101 departed from the airport for Jeju Island

00:21at 6.37 a.m. and returned to the airport at 7.25 a.m.

00:26We decided that it would be better to take a check-up in Hoi An for a safe flight,

00:32so we came back to Gimpo Airport for a check-up.

00:37The passengers departed for Jeju Island again using a replacement aircraft.

00:43South Korean Acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency safety inspection of

00:48its entire airline operations system following the Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 crash

00:55that has killed all but two people on board the plane on Sunday.

00:59The flight carrying 181 people from Bangkok landed at Muan International Airport before

01:05overshooting the runway and ramming into a wall of the airport at about 9 a.m.

01:10The government declared seven days of national mourning, with several New Year celebration

01:15events being cancelled, after the country's deadliest ever air disaster since Korean air

01:20crash in Guam in 1997.

01:23Investigators are examining bird strikes and weather conditions as possible factors

01:27in the crash, while experts say many questions remain, including why Boeing 737-800 aircraft

01:35appeared to be traveling so fast during the incident.

01:39Authorities said they had recovered the jet's flight data recorder, but it appeared to have

01:43sustained damages.

01:45The recorder has been transported to Seoul, and an analysis will begin when a team of

01:50officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing arrive in South Korea

01:56on Monday.

01:57The Muan airport will remain closed through Wednesday.

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