By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-13 09:04:45 | Updated at 2025-01-13 17:15:25
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South Korea’s government has decided to extend the shutdown of the Muan international airport where a Jeju Air passenger jet crashed last month to January 19, the transport ministry said on Monday.
The airport is the site of the investigation into the December 29 crash of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 jet that killed 179 passengers on board.
The country also plans to improve the structures housing the antenna that guide landings at its airports this year following December’s fatal crash, which skidded off the runway and burst into flames after hitting such a structure.
The transport ministry, which has been inspecting safety conditions at airlines and airports since the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed at the southwestern Muan airport, announced the move to change “localiser” structures on Monday.
“Improvement was deemed necessary including the localiser and its foundations for a total of nine facilities across seven airports, including Muan airport,” the land ministry said in a statement.
