Firefighters and rescue personnel work close to the wreckage of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 sequence plane after the airplane crashed and burst into flames at Muan Worldwide Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on Dec. 29, 2024.
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South Korea’s appearing President Choi Sang-mok has ordered the transport ministry to hold out an emergency security inspection of the nation’s airline operation system, native information company Yonhap reported Monday.
Choi was talking at a catastrophe management assembly in Seoul, after a Jeju Air flight crashed on the nation’s Muan Worldwide Airport on Sunday, resulting in 179 fatalities with simply two survivors, making it the deadliest air accident in South Korea.
“The pilot declared mayday after issuing the fowl strike alert,” mentioned Joo Jong-wan, director of aviation coverage division on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Choi pledged that the federal government would “spare no effort” in supporting the bereaved households, and declared a seven-day mourning interval for the nation.
At a press briefing on Sunday, Jeju Air’s head of the administration assist workplace Track Kyung-hoon mentioned the airline would assist the victims and their households, and that the plane was coated by a $1 billion insurance coverage, reported Yonhap.
Addressing stories {that a} fowl strike was the reason for the crash, Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae neither confirmed nor denied it.
“At the moment, the precise reason for the accident has but to be decided, and we should anticipate the official investigation by authorities companies,” Kim mentioned in a Sunday assertion.
Track dismissed accusations that mechanical faults or insufficient security preparations performed a task within the crash.
“This crash will not be about any upkeep points. There may be completely no compromise in relation to sustaining plane,” Track mentioned.
On Monday, a Jeju Air flight reportedly returned to Gimpo Worldwide Airport shortly after taking off as a result of an analogous problem with the airplane’s touchdown gear was detected.
The accident comes at a politically fraught time for South Korea.
Choi is the nation’s second appearing president in a month. He assumed the function after appearing President Han Duck-soon was impeached on Friday by lawmakers over his reluctance to nominate three justices to the Constitutional Courtroom wanting into the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Yoon was impeached a mere simply weeks again, after imposing martial legislation for six hours at first of the month for the primary time for the reason that navy coup of 1979.
Shares of Jeju Air hit an all-time low Monday, in line with FactSet information, and had been final down 8.53%. Different Korean airways’ shares had been risky.
