Virus Rescue Flight Returns to Korea With 18 Showing Fever
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An airplane carrying South Korean citizens repatriated from Wuhan lands at Gimpo airport on Jan. 31.
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Eighteen passengers on a chartered flight from virus-stricken Wuhan to South Korea showed signs of fever after landing at Gimpo International Airport and were taken to hospitals for checks.
The Korean Air Lines Co. jet landed at 8 a.m. Friday and parked away from the main terminal to minimize contact with other travelers, according to South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The Boeing Co. 747-400 was carrying 368 passengers, as well as 15 crew and Korean Air Chairman Walter Cho who had flown to China for the evacuation flight.