The Jeju Air passenger plane that caught fire during landing is reported to have met with disaster just 21 days after its scheduled service to Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do.
According to industry sources on the 29th, Jeju Air began regular flights to Nagasaki, Japan, Taipei, Taiwan, Bangkok, Thailand, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and Jeju from the 8th. The ill-fated flight 7C2216 traveled between Bangkok and Muan four times a week.
Jeju Air made its first landing at Muan Airport in April 2018, but this was the first time for scheduled flights. Initially, services covered three routes: Osaka, Japan; Da Nang, Vietnam; and Bangkok, Thailand, but all operations were halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In April, the airline resumed service for the first time in four years, starting with the domestic Jeju-Muan route.
Jeju Air began operating international routes from this month as Muan Airport, for the first time in its 17-year history, started daily international flights.
On its website, Jeju Air apologized, stating, "We will do everything we can for this accident" and "We apologize for causing concern."