Another Jeju Air jet has landing-gear issue in South Korea
published : 31 Dec 2024 at 07:56
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Reuters
A Jeju Air passenger jet that departed Gimpo Airport in Seoul for Jeju on Monday experienced an unidentified landing-gear issue after takeoff and returned to Gimpo where it landed safely, Yonhap news reported, citing unnamed sources.
Jeju Air flight 7C101 with 161 passengers on board departed Gimpo International Airport at 6.37am for Jeju Island and the plane returned to the airport at 7.25am due to the mechanical problem caused by the landing gear, the industry sources told Yonhap.
The budget airline used a Boeing 737-800 on the route and it is the same model involved in the disaster on Sunday that killed 179 people.
Vocabulary
- budget airline: an airline that charges very low prices - สายการบินราคาประหยัด
- depart: to leave - ออกจาก
- disaster: an extremely bad situation - ความโชคร้าย
- landing gear (noun): the part of an aircraft, including the wheels, that supports it when it is landing and taking off; undercarriage - ล้อหรือส่วนใดๆ ที่ใช้รับน้ำหนักเมื่อลงสู่พื้นดิน
- mechanical: involving machinery or equipment that makes something operate, such as an engine -
- source: a place where information comes from; someone who gives information - แหล่งข่าว
