Jin Air flight from Japan to Korea canceled due to B737-800 aircraft issue

Jin Air’s Boeing B737-800 plane / Korea Occasions file

A flight of Korean low-cost provider Jin Air from Japan to Korea was grounded Tuesday on account of a mechanical situation with the plane, in keeping with business sources Thursday.

The Boeing 737-800 plane of Jin Air flight LJ350 from Japan’s Kitakyushu Airport to Incheon Worldwide Airport was discovered with an issue within the horizontal stabilizer throughout a pre-flight inspection at 9:30 a.m.

Jin Air, a subsidiary of home business chief Korean Air, decided that the problem required a element alternative.

The airline subsequently canceled the flight, and all 87 passengers disembarked. They had been later transferred to a subsequent scheduled flight, which departed at 2 p.m.

The flight was of the identical B737-800 mannequin as Jeju Air’s doomed 7C2216 flight, which crashed in Korea on Dec. 29, claiming the lives of 179 passengers.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport not too long ago launched a particular security inspection on all B737-800 planes operated by six Korean airways following the Jeju Air incident. (Yonhap)