S. Korean presidential jet to evacuate 5 people from quarantined cruise ship in Japan
SEOUL, Feb 18 (NNN-YONHAP) — A South Korean presidential aircraft headed to Japan on Tuesday to evacuate four nationals and a Japanese spouse from a quarantined cruise ship docked near Tokyo, officials said, after a rapid increase in onboard infections of the new coronavirus.
The VCN-235 of the Air Force took off at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of the capital, at around noon, bound for Japan’s Haneda Airport. The plane plans to return to Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul on Wednesday morning.