Airlines to reroute flights for Korean missile launch

1,588 views · Published 11 April 2012 · 0:34 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics

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Several airlines have announced they will temporarily reroute aircraft ahead of North Korea's planned launch of a satellite. The launch is set to take place sometime between April 12-14 to commemorate the birthday of the country's founder Kim Il-Sung. Japan has stationed AEGIS guided missile destroyers near Okinawa and has said it will shoot down the missile or its fragments should they threaten to hit Japan.

Sources: Reuters, The Telegraph

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