Korean Air's A330 aircraft has experienced engine problems in flight again following July. According to the aviation industry on Dec. 22, the A330 aircraft, which was departing from Seattle to Incheon International Airport, detected an abnormal message of Engine No. 2 over Pohang at around 5:05 p.m. on the same day.
The captain stopped operating the No. 2 engine and only operated the No. 1 engine and landed at Incheon International Airport at around 5:17 p.m. The A330 is known to be able to fly for about three hours with the other engine even if one engine fails during the flight.
The aircraft was carrying 202 passengers and 14 crew members, and no one was injured during the landing. This is the fourth Korean Air A330 accident in the second half of this year. In July, another A330 airplane made an emergency landing in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, due to an engine failure en route from Istanbul, Turkey to Incheon International Airport.
In November, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong pointed out, "We will not allow companies that focus only on making money and pretend to be safe. It is time to come up with a special inspection and action plan."
In addition, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has implemented safety measures such as conducting a series of engine inspection on A330 engine abnormalities and recommending repeated detailed inspections to airlines.
Korean Air also conducted a test flight of the A330 aircraft, which completed a special precision inspection on the 7th of last month. Korean Air President Woo Ki-hong also attended the meeting. However, passengers' anxiety is growing as another accident occurred less than two months after the special safety inspection.
