'Situation seems to be getting worse': North Korea trash games causing risk to South Korea aviation
This picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and others attending the national memorial service on the 30th anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung's death at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. Trash-filled balloons and GPS spoofing present a risk to safety.
"Airspace safety is gradually deteriorating," OPSGROUP, a membership-based organisation that shares flight risk information, said in a June bulletin. South Korea's transport ministry said its military, air traffic control authorities and airlines maintain a 24-hour surveillance and communication system.The South Korean military detects these balloons using surveillance assets… day and night.
If northerly winds are expected, the airline adds fuel to flight plans so aircraft can stay aloft longer or divert to alternative airports, Yun said. Between 29 May and 2 June about 500 planes and hundreds of ships experienced GPS problems, South Korea's government said. It complained to UN aviation body ICAO, which warned North Korea to stop.
Notifications to pilots issued by South Korea in May and June warned planes flying around Incheon and Seoul to"exercise extreme caution when using GPS".
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