Just one day after a Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport, another aircraft of the same model had to return to its departure point on Dec. 30 due to a landing gear issue. The malfunctioning landing gear was identified as the cause of the previous day’s incident.

A South Korean passenger jet returned to the airport of departure following take-off Monday over a landing gear issue, a day after a similar malfunction caused

South Korean officials are looking for the cause of a passenger jet crash that killed 179 people, in one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s aviation history.

Jeju Air crash prompts South Korea to inspect all Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Aviation safety measures heightened following the country’s deadliest air disaster in decades.

Boeing ends abysmal year on an even lower note The disastrous crash of a Boeing 737-800 in South Korea over the weekend, which killed 179 of the 181 people onboard, was followed by a second incident involving Jeju Air.

A team of US investigators including representatives from Boeing have examined the site of the plane crash that killed 179 people in South Korea while authorities were conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines.