Photos| Snow paralyzes Jeju Airport in South Korea… and thousands of passengers are stranded

Heavy snowfall led to the suspension of flights at Jeju International Airport in Korea yesterday, Sunday, causing disruption to about 11,000 passengers.

The airport operating company confirmed the suspension of operations at Jeju International Airport until 11:00 a.m. due to heavy snowfall and strong winds. Out of 461 flights, 163 arriving and departing flights were cancelled, and 5 planes were diverted, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at the airport.

Airport officials deployed snow removal vehicles to clean the runways, but flight operations are expected to remain disrupted even after services resume due to the continuing snowstorm.

Jeju International Airport canceled on South KoreaToday, 163 flights; Following the continuation of the snow storm sweeping the south of the country.
The company operating the airport stated that the continuation of The stormresulted in the cancellation of 163 out of 461 flights, and the diversion of 5 planes, adding that thousands of passengers were stranded at the airport.

Airport officials expected it to remain Flight operations are suspended even after services resume due to the continuing snowstorm. It is noteworthy that the areas near Mount Halla witnessed snowfall amounting to 21.5 centimeters during the past 24 hours.