Asiana Airlines Pilots Get Into Brutal Fist Fight Before New York Flight to Seoul

More bad headlines for a Korea based airline:

An Asiana Airlines flight from Incheon to New York was delayed for about an hour after two pilots were involved in a fight. / Yonhap

Asiana Airlines has come under fire for letting a co-pilot injured in a bloody fight, operate a flight bound for New York from Seoul last week, risking the safety of 275 passengers.

According to reports, a quarrel broke out between two co-pilots of flight OZ222 that was supposed to depart from Incheon International Airport for New York at 11 a.m. Friday.

The two punched and kicked each other, leaving one taken off the flight for medical treatment. Departure was delayed for about one hour.

The other co-pilot was also injured, but the company’s safety director left him on the flight after checking his condition. [Korea Times]

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MTB Rider
MTB Rider
7 years ago

Footage from the airport:

https://youtu.be/aCPT0I189nA

😉

liz
liz
7 years ago

From the article: “The exact cause of the fight is unknown.”

Any guesses? 🙂

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
7 years ago

“From the article: “The exact cause of the fight is unknown.”

Any guesses?”

The cause of the fight was due to co-pilot Kim claiming it was kimchee while co-pilot Park believed it to be gimchee.

liz
liz
Reply to  GIKorea
7 years ago

I’d wager it had something to do with a flight attendant.

setnaffa
setnaffa
7 years ago

And here I was just beginning to think I should try Asiana…

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