Airline Industry in Turmoil Due to COVID-19... Second Flight Attendant Confirmed Positive

Korean Air Flight Attendant Tests Positive for COVID-19... Worked on Same Flight as First Confirmed Case

On the 5th, as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Incheon International Airport Corporation announced the pilot introduction of a 'three-step quarantine network' in the passenger departure process from arrival at Incheon Airport to boarding the aircraft in response to the spread of COVID-19, a thermal imaging camera was installed on the departure floor of Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Je-hoon] A Korean Air flight attendant has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The flight attendant is known to have worked on the same flight to Los Angeles (LA), USA, as the first confirmed case.

According to sources in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, A (36, female), a Korean Air flight attendant, tested positive for COVID-19 from a private testing agency the day before. This is the second time a Korean Air flight attendant has been confirmed positive for COVID-19.

The flight attendant was confirmed to have traveled to LA from the 18th to the 20th. Yongin Mayor Baek Gun-gi explained on Facebook that "the source of infection is under investigation."

According to industry sources, she boarded Korean Air flight KE012 from LA to Incheon on the 20th of last month (local time). This flight was the same one on which the first confirmed case, B (24, female), was a passenger. Accordingly, A has been under self-quarantine for two weeks along with other flight attendants who were on the same flight.

B was confirmed positive on the 24th of last month after showing suspicious symptoms following her flight on KE968 from Tel Aviv to Incheon, which was carrying Israeli pilgrims who had previously tested positive.

A Korean Air official stated, "The second confirmed case worked on the same LA-to-Incheon flight as the first confirmed case and was under self-quarantine. She is the only additional confirmed case among the quarantined contact flight attendants."

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