According to information from NK News, North Korea's English-language news website, an unusual civil flight crossed the Asian country on January 25. This fact immediately drew attention, as it is one of the rare occasions when a civil flight uses this route.
In this case, it was a Russian civil flight, which used the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft and left Shanghai bound for Valivostok. Although the Russian company Volga-Dnepr confirmed the use of this strange path, it did not explain the reasons.
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Why do civilian flights avoid routes over Korea?
North Korea is among the most closed countries in the world and refuses to be part of the dynamics of globalization. In addition, it is one of the countries with the greatest number of nuclear weapons in the world, which makes it an eminent enemy for any other country.
Therefore, that alone would be reason enough to avoid that country's airspace, but there is another reason. In this case, the flight over North Korea poses a direct risk of the aircraft suffering from one of the constant surprise nuclear missile tests.
It was even possible to detect by radars of South Korea, an enemy country of the sister of the North, that on the day of the flight of the Russian aircraft there was a test. In this way, the aircraft could easily suffer an attack by one of these highly lethal missiles.
Sanctions for flights over North Korea
Predicting a possible catastrophe, some countries have developed specific legislation to prevent aircraft from using routes over South Korea. This is the case of the United States, which prohibits any American aircraft in South Korean airspace.
Furthermore, there is a policy of sanctions adopted by several countries regarding North Korea. Thus, any airline that flies to and from the United States and Europe runs the risk of being sanctioned if they choose this route.
However, the Russian company seemed not to care so much about the possibility, and everyone was relieved that nothing happened this time. However, it is not known when this problem would actually be resolved.
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