Flytrafikken vest av Japan varsles ikke om Nord-Koreanske rakettforsøk - AIN

August 21, 2017

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North Korea Missile Launches Threatening Airliners Operators flying on airways over the Sea of Japan face increasing danger from missile debris as North Korea has intensified the frequency of unannounced launches. The most recent ICBM launch, on July 28, failed on re-entry, creating a large debris field around a well-traveled airway. According to Orlando, Florida-based Flight Service Bureau (FSB), an Air France Boeing 777-300 passed through the airway in question—R211—only minutes before the missile broke into many fragments. In fact, the international community has recognized the increased danger of a missile or debris strike since 2014, when North Korea stopped notifying it of its missile launches. Before then, ICAO and state agencies had time to produce warnings and maps of the projected splashdown area. Moreover, with North Korea’s development of longer-range Scuds and ICBMs, the missiles now predominantly re-enter in Japanese airspace, creating still further risk to civil aviation. Read More