SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) — T’way Air’s flight from Singapore to Incheon is delayed due to a problem with the aircraft’s safety inspection, the South Korean budget airline said Sunday.
T’way flight TW172 departed Singapore’s Changi Airport for South Korea’s Incheon International Airport at 2:15 a.m. (local time) with 285 passengers on board, but returned to the departure point 55 minutes later due to safety issues with the aircraft, the company said.
After an inspection, T’way determined that the aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, was not immediately airworthy and sent another aircraft from South Korea to Changi Airport as a replacement.
The replacement flight is scheduled to depart Changi Airport at around 11pm, resulting in a delay of approximately 21 hours.
T’way said it had offered TW’s 172 passengers an overnight stay at a hotel near Changi Airport and planned to pay additional compensation for the incident.
“We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by an unexpected security check,” an airline official said.
In June, the low-cost airline was ordered by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to take action to resolve repeated safety issues and flight delays following a series of disruptions to its international flights.
This photo taken by South Korean budget airline T’way Air shows the company’s Airbus A330-300. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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