Two Casualties Occur Due to Landslide at Ulleung Airport Construction Site

At around 10:51 a.m. on the 8th, a landslide occurred during the excavation work at Gadu-bong at the construction site of Ulleung Airport in Gyeongbuk, resulting in one death and one injury.

Two excavators working at the site were buried, causing two casualties.

At the Ulleung Airport construction site, soil has collapsed, burying an excavator.

According to the police, as soon as the accident occurred, 50 personnel including the 119 rescue team and 7 pieces of equipment were dispatched to the scene to carry out rescue operations.

Among the two people on the excavators, Mr. A (in his 70s) escaped on his own, while Mr. B (65), who was buried, was rescued in a state of cardiac arrest at 12:13 p.m. that day and was transported to a nearby hospital by the 119 rescue team but ultimately passed away.

The police are investigating the exact cause of the accident.

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