South Korea’s leading low-cost carrier, heavy with debt and its stock already near record lows, is now facing intense public and government scrutiny.

There are no concrete structures near runways at Singapore’s airports, said Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Investigators appear to be focusing on reports of a bird strike and a possible landing-gear malfunction on the older Boeing airliner.

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SINGAPORE: Checks by Singapore’s authorities in the wake of the deadly Jeju Air crash in December have found no anomalies or reliability issues on the fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft here, said Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat on Wednesday (Jan 8).

Joo Jong-wan, the deputy transport minister for civil aviation, acknowledged that safety measures were not sufficient when building the embankment, but said they were done in line

South Korea plans to review the concrete walls positioned just beyond the end of some airport runways after an aircraft attempting an emergency landing smashed into one just over a week ago, killing almost everyone on board.

South Korea's transport minister Park Sang-woo said on Tuesday that he intends to step down from his position to take responsibility for the deadly crash of Jeju Air's Boeing jet on December 29, which killed 179 people on board.

After a Jeju Air plane crash-landed in southwestern South Korea in December 2024, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, a clip was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed footage from inside the passenger cabin before the crash.

South Korea’s transport minister is resigning because he feels “heavy responsibility” for the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people last month. A Jeju Air aircraft carrying 181 passengers and crew crashed at the Muan international airport on 29 December in what was the country’s worst air disaster.