Weather false report causes flight diversion…”Over 4,000 passengers affected in the first half of the year”

“Due to incorrect weather forecasts by the Korea Meteorological Administration, it was revealed that more than 4,000 passengers suffered from flight cancellations in the first half of this year. According to data obtained by Rep. Yeonyoogu of the Democratic Party from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Meteorological Administration, there were 20 cases of flight cancellations at 6 out of 13 domestic airlines from January to June due to the weather agency’s mistakes. The total number of affected passengers reached 4,394, surpassing the total number of affected passengers from last year. Rep. Ye emphasized that flight cancellations have been increasing due to recent climate change and called for airlines and the weather agency to develop measures to minimize damages caused by weather forecast errors through monitoring of atmospheric conditions. Reporter Shim Jaehoon ([email protected]).”