2 live bullets found at Korean Air plane about to take off; authorities find no link to terrorism

• Published date: 10 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

Two live bullets were found on a Korean Air plane about to take off from Incheon International Airport on Friday, grounding the aircraft for hours and causing more than 200 passengers to evacuate, airport police said.

The airport police received a report at 8:05 a.m. that a passenger found the bullets lying under his seat at the airplane bound for Manila, the Philippines.

The plane had been scheduled to take off at 7:45 a.m. but returned to the terminal right before take-off after the bullet was found.

A total of 230 people aboard the plane ? 218 passengers and 12 crew members ? were also evacuated.

Police officials said an antiterrorist police unit and a military explosive disposal team were searching the interior of the aircraft.

Police plan to look into how the live bullets were brought into the airplane.

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