One balloon lands on the tarmac near passenger Terminal 2 and the three runways at Incheon were temporarily shut down
SEOUL, South Korea – Takeoffs and landings at South Korea ’s Incheon international airport were disrupted on Wednesday, June 26, for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said.
Several balloons were spotted in and around the airport boundaries, the spokesperson said, adding that this was not the first time operations at the airport – which is about 40km from the North Korean border – had been disrupted by balloons nearby.
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