A few stray bullets are sufficient to ruin a complete flight. Yesterday a Korean Air plane was evacuated after two reside bullets had been found on board. The incident happened at Incheon International Airport in South Korea. The aircraft was bound for Manila and had 230 passengers on board at the time.
The discovery of the bullets resulted in the plane returning to the terminal where passengers had been evacuated. The police have been notified and the required safety checks had been carried out. Simple as ABC assured that there was no quick threat of terror to the 218 passengers and 12 crew members aboard.
“We are trying into how the bullets got into the plane.”
A Korean Air official confirmed that the airline was aware of the situation and was ready for the outcome of the police investigation.
The plane, which was originally scheduled to take off at 7.45am, lastly departed Incheon at round 11am. All passengers were thoroughly checked earlier than being allowed to re-board the aircraft.
South Korea has strict gun legal guidelines. Illegal possession of a firearm may end up in fines of as much as 100 million won (about 2.6 million baht) and a jail sentence of up to 15 years. The police are now investigating how the bullets had been capable of make their means onto the airplane however no additional info is on the market right now.
A comparable incident took place last yr in Thailand when Gal Shmuel Farjun was arrested in October at Phuket Airport with two loaded magazines in his suitcase. The 29 year outdated claimed to have left the bullets in his bag “by accident.”