Two days ago, the Jeju Airlines airliner, which frightened passengers over the aircraft in Gimhae, showed signs of failure even before departure.

It is pointed out that the operation was carried out when the maintenance and safety issues were not completely solved.

According to Jeju Airlines and passengers on the 27th, Jeju Airlines flight 7C207, which was scheduled to leave Busan at 7:30 pm on 25th and headed for Gimpo, leaves the gate at Gimhae Airport at 8:43 pm 1 hour 13 minutes later than the scheduled departure time. 8:50 has taken off normally.

Nine minutes after takeoff, flight 7C207 detected an error in the autopilot.

In the process, 184 passengers were terrified for more than 40 minutes as the crew warned them of an emergency landing on board.

One passenger said, "There was an abnormal symptom such as shaking the aircraft about 10 minutes after takeoff, and after 10 minutes, the interior light went out and there is a possibility of emergency escape. All the luggage must be discarded and as close to the front seat as possible." In-flight broadcast came out. "

The other passenger said, "The passengers were very surprised and scared when the cabin lights went off and the cabin light went out to prepare for an emergency escape."

Jeju Air explained, "After the flight decision, the crew informed them of the possibility of an emergency landing, and according to the manual, the passengers were watched for the removal of sharps, the removal of high heels, the condition of the belt and the emergency exit passenger duties."

An aviation industry official said, "It is necessary to announce and prepare for a dangerous situation, but there seems to be overreaction in this situation."

Jeju Air is able to fly manually by operating the pilot's control device even in the event of an autopilot error signal.

The aircraft landed at Gimhae Airport again at 9:34 pm, 44 minutes after takeoff, and the 'emergency' was over.

The aircraft was found to have undergone over one hour of maintenance on the eve of takeoff.

According to Jeju Air, the aircraft was ready for departure at 7:25 pm, but had delayed its departure by 1 hour and 5 minutes to resolve the issue due to the reason for the aircraft's navigation altitude maintenance system switch checks immediately before departure.

Jeju Air explained, “We departed at 8:43 pm gate and took off at 8:50 pm, which was delayed by 1 hour and 13 minutes due to safety check and document preparation.”

The Department of Homeland is investigating the overall emergency.

A Ministry of Homeland official said, "We are looking at whether the pilot decided to fly over Gimhae to solve the abnormal situation and reviewing recent aircraft maintenance records." I'm also looking at whether it was. "

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