Flights from various airlines continue to be canceled in the United States due to unfavorable weather conditions as well as the rise in corona infections due to emissions. About 2,600 domestic and international flights were canceled on Saturday alone. News AFP.
Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during this time in the United States. The increase in transmission has had an impact on airlines.
Many pilots, flight attendants and staff of different airlines are unable to attend work. Some of them have been infected with corona. Some are in quarantine after coming in contact with a patient infected with corona.
Flight operations in the United States are being disrupted due to coronary infections as well as hostile weather.
According to flight tracking website FlightAwar, 4,796 flights were canceled worldwide by 11pm local time on Saturday. Of those, 2,623 flights, or more than half, were canceled in the United States.
In addition, 11,043 domestic flights around the world were delayed on Saturday. Of these, 5,993 were flights to the United States.
Southwest has been the hardest hit by US airlines. The company had to cancel 13 percent of scheduled flights.
Airports in the Chicago area have been hardest hit by the hostile weather. Snowstorms are expected in the area.
A South Korean national has crossed the border into North Korea. The South Korean military said in a statement on Sunday.
Reuters has described the incident of a South Korean citizen going to North Korea as a rare departure.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said a man was spotted on the eastern side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas around 9:20 pm local time on Saturday. Then they started a search operation.
We are confirming that the man crossed the military border into North Korea around 10:40 pm on Saturday,” the JCS said in a statement.
The JCS said it could not confirm whether the South Korean man who defected was alive. However, they sent a notice to North Korea through a military hotline to protect the man.
Crossing the border is considered illegal in South Korea.
North Korea closed its border in early 2020 in the wake of the Corona epidemic. The country has been following strict restrictions in dealing with Corona.
North Korea claims no coronary heart disease has been reported in the country so far.
In September 2020, a South Korean fisheries official went missing at sea. The man was shot dead by North Korean troops on suspicion of trespassing.
