The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has launched an investigation after it was confirmed that an Eastar Jet flight bound for Jeju landed with its forward cargo door partially open.
Passengers on Eastar Jet will be prohibited from using portable batteries to charge personal devices beginning Oct. 1, following an incident in September in which a unit caught on fire on a flight from Japan.
A portable battery caught fire aboard an Eastar Jet flight bound for Incheon from Fukuoka on Sunday, according to the airline.
Eastar Jet said Friday it will temporarily operate passenger flights to Ordos in China's Inner Mongolia region to meet growing summer travel demand.
Prosecutors investigating former President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges recently indicted Moon’s daughter, Moon Da-hye, on the same charges, it was learned Tuesday.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that they plan to summon Kim Jung-sook, wife of former President Moon Jae-in, as part of their probe into allegations that his former son-in-law was given an executive position at an airline in exchange for political favors.
Prosecutors raided the Ministry of Unification in Seoul to collect evidence on former President Moon Jae-in's alleged preferential selection of airline Eastar Jet for an inter-Korean art performance in 2018.
We hope the prosecution will investigate the case swiftly, strictly and fairly before it’s too late.
The prosecution is investigating allegations that the former president accepted bribes worth millions of won amid their investigation into the alleged preferential appointment of Moon's estranged son-in-law as an airline executive.
Korea's largest budget carrier withdrew from the bidding, which ended on Thursday as Korean Air inches closer to its merger with the No. 2 airline.
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