KR 13 people taken to hospital after Korean Air flight diverted due to aircraft fault - Boeing? More like boing

Passengers on Korean Airlines Flight KE189 arrived safely in Taichung, Taiwan, on June 23 after it was diverted the day before due to a fault, which led to 13 people being taken to the hospital, according to media reports.

The flight had departed from Incheon International Airport with 125 passengers at around 4.45pm local time on June 22.

About 50 minutes after departure, there was a warning about a fault in the pressurisation system of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, Korea JoongAng Daily reported.

An aircraft pressurisation system regulates the pressure level inside the aircraft.

Flight tracking website Flightradar24’s data shows the plane descended about 26,900ft in about 15 minutes.

The flight circled back to Incheon International Airport at around 7.40pm, about three hours after it had taken off.

According to Korea JoongAng Daily, citing the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, 15 passengers said they suffered from hyperventilation or pain in their eardrums, while 13 were taken to hospital after landing.

No major injuries were reported, it added.

The flight resumed on the morning of June 23 with a different aircraft, about 19 hours after the initial departure schedule, the daily reported, citing Korean Air.

The Korean Air spokesperson was reported as saying that the airline is currently investigating the exact cause of the diversion, and plans to put the aircraft under maintenance after an inspection.

Some passengers, who arrived at 12.24pm local time at Taichung International Airport, said they were frightened and that they would not take a flight for a while, Taipei Times reported.

A passenger, known only as Mr Tseng, said children on board were crying when oxygen masks were released, and he was afraid that the plane might hit the ground.

Another passenger, who was identified only as Ms Hsu, said she felt something was amiss as the aircraft seemed to be hovering in the air and the flight attendants remained in their seats.

She said she and her daughters put on oxygen masks when the plane began to descend, and she had an earache and headache while her daughters were crying.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/e...-taichung-after-being-diverted-due-to-a-fault (Archive)

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

So does this never happen in AirBus or do the euros make an effort to make their fuckups disappear?

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

How do you have a fault in the pressurization system of an aircraft that is at best five years old? That's a pretty important question.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

MAYDAY, MAYDAY! WE'RE BOEING DOWN!!!!

 

[Pedophobe]

So does this never happen in AirBus or do the euros make an effort to make their fuckups disappear?

Airbuses do fall out of the sky occasionally but at nothing like the rate Boeings have been lately. It's getting kind of ridiculous.

 

[spaztocate9000]

DEI airlines, what could possibly go wrong!

 

[Dambusters' Dog II]

So does this never happen in AirBus or do the euros make an effort to make their fuckups disappear?

This is another problem with a 737 MAX. Boeing completely shat the bed when they made that thing.

 

[Maurice Maine]

This is why I don't trust airplanes. Every fucking month I see news of them falling apart.

 

[Hitman One]

I have no issues with flying on a 777 or on of the vanishingly small number of 747s as they were designed by 100% whites, but there is nothing that would get me to board one of these death-traps. For shorthaul jets it's either an A318/19/20/21 or an Embraer. Thankfully Easyjet and British Airways have fully Airbus shorthaul fleets.

787s are heaps of shit too but I don't think they're 737-max levels of death. The A350 is such a superior aircraft that it's not even a matter of debate now.

 

[Google.com]

How do you have a fault in the pressurization system of an aircraft that is at best five years old? That's a pretty important question.

Bad seal on a door, loose hose, doubt it's some design fault considering the maxes pressurization system is pretty similar to the NG series. Either a manufacturing error or maintenance fucking up id imagine.

 

[Maurice Maine]

I have no issues with flying on a 777 or on of the varnishingly small number of 747s as they were designed by 100% whites, but there is nothing that would get me to board one of these death-traps. For shorthaul jets it's either an A318/19/20/21 or an Embraer. Thankfully Easyjet and British Airways have fully Airbus shorthaul fleets.

787s are heaps of shit too but I don't think they're 737-max levels of death. The A350 is such a superior aircraft that it's not even a matter of debate now.

It's a statement that fucking Brazil can make better planes than the Americans

 

[Snekposter]

It's a statement that fucking Brazil can make better planes than the Americans

At least Taurus is still in the hand grenade business and not the firearm business. For now, at least.

 

[Pedophobe]

This is another problem with a 737 MAX. Boeing completely shat the bed when they made that thing.

It could be a maintenance fuck up, e.g. someone didn't put the pressurization system back together properly after checking it, but I don't think I've ever heard of that happening whereas every other week you hear about new manufacturing or design defects in the 737MAX.

 

[Criticallacitirc]

15 passengers said they suffered from hyperventilation or pain in their eardrums, while 13 were taken to hospital after landing.

15 passengers had the foresight to get documentation of "harm" for a future lawsuit.

 

[Deer Warts]

It could be a maintenance fuck up, e.g. someone didn't put the pressurization system back together properly after checking it, but I don't think I've ever heard of that happening whereas every other week you hear about new manufacturing or design defects in the 737MAX.

Like Helios 522.

 

[AN/ALR56]

It's a statement that fucking Brazil can make better planes than the Americans

It's because Embraer is a off shoot of ITA, a militar research university of the air force, founded in the 1960s.

Most of their employees come from ITA, the requirements are absurd, it's MIT but you also have to pass a military fitness exam and you live in a barracks for around 5 years with a salary so that you can send to your poor family if you somehow made it there.

Now probably since being partially privatized in the 1990s, I don't doubt there's diversity and inclusion bring shoved down the company lest it loses its index ratings in the stock exchanges, but basically the entire board and design and engineering team are all former military engineers or aviators.

There's no replacement for it, Embraer is managed exactly like Boeing was in the 1960s: by former engineers who were former military and that's exactly why it is succeeding.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

So does this never happen in AirBus or do the euros make an effort to make their fuckups disappear?

Airbus just isn’t in the spotlight now. This shit happens all the time and wasn’t reported beyond airplane nerd sites before all the hoopla.

https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/landing-with-nosewheels-at-90-degrees/

An airbus expose - by airbus!