{"id":20284,"date":"2025-01-17T09:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20284"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:24:13","slug":"what-to-know-about-plane-maintenance-after-the-south-korean-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20284","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Plane Maintenance After the South Korean Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Airlines have been increasingly outsourcing repair and upkeep work to other countries, but experts and consumer groups disagree about its impact on safety.<\/p>\n

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The cause of the fatal plane crash in South Korea last month is still to be determined, but it thrust into the spotlight a subject little understood by the general public: how airplanes are maintained.<\/p>\n

Jeju Air, the airline that operated the flight in which 179 people died, said that checks before the flight had raised no concerns and that the jet, a Boeing 737-800 that was about 15 years old, had no history of accidents.<\/p>\n

While there is no evidence that poor upkeep played a role in the crash, experts say that the plane\u2019s repair history, which includes work performed by maintenance firms in other countries, will be an important part of the crash investigation, as is typically the case.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you should know about how airplanes are maintained.<\/p>\n