It was found that the collision was avoidable. According to the Korea Airports Corporation on the 13th, a passenger plane operated by China Airlines, which departed from Taipei, Taiwan at around 3:57 pm on the previous day (12th), crashed into the same airport.
The plane landed on runway 18L (left side) at Gimhae International Airport at 7:19 pm on the 2nd. However, the plane had been cleared to land on runway 18R on the right side, so the pilot was not authorized to do so.
At the time, a Jin Air (a Korean low-cost airline) passenger plane was approaching the left runway to take off.
Fortunately, the control tower noticed this and quickly interrupted the Jin Air flight's approach, thus averting a collision.
South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has classified the incident as a "minor aviation accident" and is investigating the exact circumstances, including pilot error.
An "aviation minor accident" is an incident that could have had a significant impact on aviation safety but did not actually result in an accident.
2025/06/14 08:01 KST
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