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Incheon airport suspends flights after North Korean balloons endanger aircraft

One trash balloon landed at Seoul’s main airport early Wednesday, following DPRK’s overnight launch of 250 balloons

Update at 9:34 p.m. June 26 to include statement from ROK military on North Korea’s seventh balloon launch, and at 12:22 a.m. June 27 to include further details  

South Korea’s largest international airport suspended all flights for three hours early Wednesday morning, after concluding that North Korea’s latest launch of trash-carrying balloons posed safety risks to aircraft.

Incheon International Airport Corporation told NK News on Wednesday that it suspended all inbound and outbound flights from the main airport serving Seoul from 1:46 a.m. to 4:43 a.m.

“One North Korean trash balloon fell at Terminal 2, Gate 248, at around 4:08