The passenger plane of Jeju Air that crashed during landing at Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do is a Boeing B737-800. According to Jeju Air, the aircraft is 15 years old.
According to the Aviation Technology Information System on the 29th, the passenger plane involved in the crash was a B737-800 (HL8088) manufactured in 2009 and registered with Jeju Air in 2017.
The low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air operates a total of 41 B737s as a single type, combining passenger and cargo aircraft.
The B737-800 is primarily used for short to medium-haul flights, with 101 units currently in operation in the country.
Airlines using this model in Korea include T’way Air (27 units), Jin Air (19 units), Eastar Jet (10 units), and Korean Air (2 units).
Typically, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport considers aircraft that are 20 years or older as aged.
At around 9:03 a.m. on that day, a Jeju Air passenger plane with 181 people onboard, arriving from Bangkok, veered off the runway before landing at Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do, resulting in multiple casualties.