Jeju Air plane veers off runway in Vietnam
The B737-800 aircraft, Flight 7C2217, had departed from Incheon International Airport and landed at 12.50am on Wednesday (local time).
While taxiing, the aircraft momentarily entered a safety zone to the right of the runway before returning to the tarmac. One of its landing gear tyres was torn during the incident.
Jeju Air stated that after passengers disembarked, the damaged tyre was replaced, and a replacement aircraft of the same model was dispatched from South Korea to operate the return flight, 7C2218.
The return flight was delayed by over 14 hours, eventually departing Da Nang at 4.08pm on Wednesday.
South Korea's transport ministry has launched an investigation into the cause of the runway deviation.– BERNAMA
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