T'way Air Signs Agreement for Rapid Transport of Organs from Brain-Dead Donors

On the 2nd, at the T'way Air Training Center, the Korea Organ Tissue and Blood Management Service and T'way Air signed a business agreement for the rapid and efficient transportation of organs from brain-dead donors. (Left: Jo Sin-haeng, Director of the Korea Organ Tissue and Blood Management Service; Right: Jeong Hong-geun, CEO of T'way Air)

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] T'way Air is joining life-sharing activities to facilitate the rapid transport of organs from brain-dead donors.

On the 3rd, T'way Air announced that it signed a business agreement for the swift and efficient transport of organs harvested from brain-dead donors at the T'way Air Training Center in the cargo terminal of Gimpo Airport, attended by Jo Sin-haeng, Director of the National Organ, Tissue and Blood Management Service, and Jung Hong-geun, CEO of T'way Air.

Through this agreement, both organizations promised to cooperate in ensuring the safe and rapid transport of organs needed during transplant surgeries by ▲guiding brain-dead organ transport personnel for airplane boarding ▲allowing iceboxes for organ transport to be brought onboard and ensuring their safe transport ▲prioritizing standby passengers when seats are sold out ▲cooperating on seat arrangements to enable faster transport.

Accordingly, in the future, medical staff will carry urgently needed organs (heart, lungs, liver, blood) stored in iceboxes as carry-on baggage fixed to seats onboard.

T'way Air plans to conduct training and distribute operational guidelines to all airport branches, flight and cabin crew, and related departments to ensure smooth cooperation for organ transport, which requires golden time.

Jung Hong-geun, CEO of T'way Air, said, “We will do our best to cooperate in the safe and rapid transport of organs to save precious new lives,” adding, “Our airline, T'way Air, will continue to actively participate in various social activities for the public.”

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