Speculations concerning the aircraft’s situation proceed to flow into on-line.
Whereas native authorities in South Korea scramble to determine what occurred to “HL8088,” a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed at Muan Worldwide Airport on December 29, 2024 (KST), speculations concerning the aircraft’s situation proceed to flow into on-line.
Whereas the precise explanation for the crash has not but been verified, a number of tweets have identified the identical plane’s emergency touchdown from the day earlier than.
This similar plane (HL8088) declared emergency yesterday and made a emergency touchdown in Seoul. https://t.co/y78UqT4dsT
— asteria (@10_davinetto) December 29, 2024
In line with Aviation Supply Information, HL8088 was en path to Beijing on December 27, 2024 (KST) when it declared an emergency earlier than diverting to the Incheon Worldwide Airport.
Jeju Air flight 7C8135, operated by a Boeing 737-800 was en path to Beijing Daxing Worldwide Airport (PKX). The plane was performing a scheduled service from Jeju Worldwide Airport (CJU). The plane was on a cruising flight transiting the Yellow Sea when the flight crew declared an emergency. A descent and diversion to Incheon Worldwide Airport (ICN) was then carried out.
— Aviation Supply Information
Based mostly on this info and different flight information exhibiting that HL8088 did certainly divert to Incheon, some jumped to conclusions—suggesting that there may need been a mechanical subject with the plane…
Why the hell was this similar precise aircraft allowed to fly once more so shortly after an emergency touchdown yesterday?
— Mark Thomas (@techsportsmark) December 29, 2024
…and even blaming the “huge firms placing the almighty greenback over human lives.”
Feels like the identical plane had an emergency touchdown YESTERDAY. Simply one other instance of huge firms placing the almighty greenback over human lives
— jwallmizzou (@tennisinaloha) December 29, 2024
In line with South Korea’s EKN (Power Financial Information), nonetheless, HL8088’s emergency touchdown on December 27 had nothing to do with the plane itself.
On December 28, EKN confirmed that the Jeju Air flight 7C8135 on Boeing plane HL8088 departed from Jeju Worldwide Airport at 11:51 AM and was scheduled to go over the West Sea, Yantai, and Tianjin—however turned towards Incheon Worldwide Airport at 12:55 PM earlier than getting into mainland China. Subsequently, at 1:15 PM, the captain declared an emergency and squawked “7700,” a transponder code signaling that an plane is experiencing a common emergency and requires speedy help from air visitors management (ATC).
One consultant from the Incheon Worldwide Airport Police Investigation Division advised EKN, “There was a Chinese language passenger who complained of head and chest ache.” A Jeju Air consultant added, “[the said] passenger misplaced consciousness on the time, prompting the emergency touchdown.”
Throughout this course of, the cabin crew’s first support efforts helped the passenger regain consciousness. The plane landed at Incheon Worldwide Airport at 1:28 PM, and the passenger was transferred to a hospital.
— Jeju Air
EKN reported that at 3:39 PM, HL8088 took off once more from Incheon Airport and arrived at Daxing Airport at 4:33 PM.
On the time of writing, 120 passengers have been confirmed lifeless, 2 rescued.
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