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Another Jeju Air Jet Has Landing-Gear Issue, Returns Safely

A file photo from 2022 of a Boeing Co. 737-800 aircraft operated by Jeju Air Co. at Incheon International Airport, the same aircraft type — but not the same plane — as the Seoul flight. — A file photo from 2022 of a Boeing Co. 737-800 aircraft operated by Jeju Air Co. at Incheon International Airport, the same aircraft type — but not the same plane — as the Seoul flight.
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

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By Danny Lee and Heejin Kim

December 30, 2024 at 2:02 AM UTC

Updated on

December 30, 2024 at 3:20 AM UTC

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A Jeju Air Co. jet suffered a landing-gear malfunction on Monday before returning safely to Seoul, the airline’s second aircraft to experience the fault in two days.

South Korean authorities said they would probe the latest incident, which comes a day after 179 people died in the country’s worst civil-aviation disaster.