Park Soo-hong, got off the plane because his daughter was crying, then reboarded.. Korean Air regulation: "Serious aviation security threat" [Star Issue]

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Broadcaster Park Soo-hong boarded a Korean Air flight to Guam but voluntarily announced he would get off the aircraft and retrieve his luggage. However, he later reboarded the plane, causing a delay of about one hour in departure, which has sparked growing controversy.

Recently, a post from a passenger who boarded a Korean Air flight to Guam on the 23rd was published on an online community. According to the post, Park Soo-hong's family boarded Korean Air Flight KE415 departing from Incheon International Airport for Guam on the 23rd.

According to the poster's claim, Park Soo-hong's family insisted on voluntarily getting off the aircraft because his 22-month-old daughter kept crying on the plane.

Voluntary disembarkation refers to a passenger who has boarded an aircraft stating their intention to get off the plane. Can ordinary people really just get off a plane easily if a child is crying?

According to Korean Air, 'voluntary disembarkation' means that a passenger who has completed departure procedures and boarded the flight refuses to fly by their own will and gets off the aircraft. Requests are often made for various reasons such as health issues or loss of belongings.

Korean Air stated in an official post, "To put it bluntly, once you board a plane, it is difficult to get off at will."

South Korea's Aviation Security Act enforcement rules stipulate that each airline must establish 'procedures for handling passengers who disembark from the aircraft before takeoff.' According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's National Aviation Security Plan, if a passenger voluntarily disembarks by their own will before departure, the airline must cooperate with relevant institutional investors to identify the reason for the passenger's disembarkation and implement appropriate security measures.

When a passenger requests voluntary disembarkation, flight attendants first explain the impact on other passengers and guide them through future procedures, then notify the panic situation room. They contact the control tower and the control institutional investor to request a suspension of aircraft operations. In some cases, security checks must be conducted again. After notifying the airport situation room's handling results to the control institutional investor, the final decision is made regarding whether to resume operations.

Korean Air emphasized, "The reason for such strict procedures is that voluntary disembarkation itself is considered a serious aviation security threat." They further explained that in the worst-case scenario, all passengers may have to get off and then reboard, or luggage may be removed and then put back in.

They continued, "Naturally, aircraft departure and arrival times are delayed, and in the worst case, passengers who need to transfer may miss their next connecting flight." They added, "Because of one person, dozens to hundreds of other passengers have to get off the plane with their luggage, which is a troublesome situation. The tangible and intangible damage inflicted on other passengers is significant. Airlines also incur additional costs such as extra refueling due to delayed aircraft operations and increased ground handling costs, requiring more time and money than expected."

If Park Soo-hong and his wife Kim Da-ye requested voluntary disembarkation due to the child's crying, one might worry about the child's health or other conditions. However, it is hard to easily accept that after the child stopped crying for a moment, they changed their minds and announced they would reboard, and Korean Air agreed to this.

Is it really a correct judgment to have luggage removed again, then put it back in following an impulsive change of heart, and make countless other passengers waiting on the plane wait for about an hour? If it were not celebrity Park Soo-hong but another ordinary citizen who said they would get off because their child was crying, had their luggage removed, and then said they would reboard once the crying stopped, would that have been possible?

However, with only the claims of current flight passengers available, neither Park Soo-hong nor his wife Kim Da-ye has made any statement. The couple, who currently run a YouTube channel together and share their daily parenting life, is expected to reveal their stance on the controversy surrounding the reboarding of this aircraft.

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