Flight operations suspended due to drone appearance at Gimhae Airport (South Korea)

During South Korea's mid-autumn celebration (Chuseok) holiday, aircraft operations were temporarily suspended at Gimhae Airport after an object believed to be a drone was spotted. Two days earlier, at Jeju Airport,
A similar incident had occurred. The airport issued a warning to people flying drones with caution, fearing that it could disrupt people returning home during the mid-autumn celebration period.
According to the Korea Airports Corporation on the 15th, an unauthorized drone was spotted near Gimhae Airport that morning.
was captured, and takeoffs and landings at Gimhae Airport were suspended for 17 minutes from 10:35 to 10:52 a.m. This resulted in the delay of a total of eight flights, including four departing and four arriving flights.
On the night of the 13th of this month, an object believed to be a drone was discovered near Jeju Airport, causing air traffic to be suspended for 48 minutes, from 9:17 pm to 10:05 pm.
As a result, six flights bound for Gimpo Airport landed at Incheon International Airport, and one flight was canceled. The drone flight caused disruptions to aircraft takeoffs and landings, and the number of people returning home for the mid-autumn celebration holiday was on the rise.
Tourists and others were caught in the crossfire. The airport corporation said, "Unauthorized drone flights in the vicinity of the airport can seriously disrupt aircraft operations and are subject to fines. In particular,
"We will pay special attention to drone activity during the off-peak period," he said. The area within a 9.3 km radius of the airport has been designated a drone no-fly zone.