Home>>World
Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, July 22, 2002

DPRK's Plane Flies on Direct Inter-Korean Air Route

A passenger jet of Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Saturday made a test-flight on a new inter-Korean air route, said the South Korean national news agency Yonhap News.


PRINT DISCUSSION CHINESE SEND TO FRIEND



DPRK's Plane Flies on Direct Inter-Korean Air Route
A passenger jet of Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Saturday made a test-flight on a new inter-Korean air route, said the South Korean national news agency Yonhap News.

The new air route, which links the DPRK's Sondok Airport in Hamheung, South Hamgyong Province, and the South Korea's Yangyang Airport in Gangwon Province, was opened to transport the South Korea's workers and materials for the construction of light-water reactors in DPRK, said Yonhap.

The seventy-seat TU-134 passenger plane of Air Koryo, DPRK, arrived in Yangyang Airport at 1:08 p.m. (local time) and left forSondok at 2:01 p.m. (local time) after about one-hour stay.

With 14 crews on board, the DPRK's aircraft underwent about an hour and 25 minutes flight over the East Sea, then arrived at Yangyang Airport and returned to the DPRK with eight workers from the South Korea Electric Power Corporation aboard, reported Yonhap.

Two light-water nuclear reactors have been under construction according to a 1994 DPRK-U.S. agreement, which is being conducted by an international consortium led by South Korea, the United States, Japan and the European Union.

The flight was made after the naval clash between South Korea and DPRK on June 29 in the Yellow Sea.


Questions?Comments? Click here
    Advanced






S.Korea Sends Delegation to DPRK to Talk Joint Events

DPRK Ready for Talks with South Korea: Russian Official



 


Missing Worker Found, Relatives Mourn ( 5 Messages)

China's Economy Grew 7.8 Percent in First Half Year ( 18 Messages)

Chinese Office Software Challenges Microsoft's Win98 ( 13 Messages)

Gang of 66 Criminals Get Heavy Sentences ( 74 Messages)

Secret of China's Manned 'Spaceport' Revealed ( 3 Messages)

How to View Major Problems in China's Income Distribution System ( 134 Messages)



Copyright by People's Daily Online, all rights reserved