South Korea’s Ministry of Transport said on Monday (30) that it plans to inspect the 101 Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines for safety reasons, after which 179 people were killed in the city of Muan.
The safety standards of Jeju Air, responsible for operating 39 of these planes, will also be reviewed and, according to ministry official Joo Jong-wan, representatives from the US National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing will participate in the investigations.
The disaster with the Jeju Air plane raised concerns about the effectiveness of the country’s government, which has been going through a political crisis since the imposition of martial law by the then president, Yoon Suk Yeol.
On Monday, acting President Choi Sang-mok held a task force meeting on the crash and instructed authorities to conduct an emergency review of the country’s aircraft operating systems.
“A responsible response would be to renew aviation security systems as a whole to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents and build a safer Republic of South Korea,” he argued.
