{"id":54016,"date":"2017-12-07T07:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T07:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54016"},"modified":"2017-12-07T07:36:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T07:36:23","slug":"north-korean-missile-threat-forced-singapore-airlines-to-reroute-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/north-korean-missile-threat-forced-singapore-airlines-to-reroute-flights.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korean missile threat forced Singapore Airlines to reroute flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korean missile threat forced Singapore Airlines to reroute flights<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Singapore Airlines, one of the world&#8217;s top ranked carriers, has taken measures to reroute some flights in response to North Korea&#8217;s missile tests, Channel NewsAsia reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The change involves the airline&#8217;s Seoul-Los Angeles flights and was put in place following Pyongyang&#8217;s July 27 missile launch into the Sea of Japan, the company reportedly told Channel NewsAsia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea has received global criticism for its missile launches. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in October condemned the rogue state for its repeated launches, saying they severely undermined the safety of international civilian flying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea, a member of the ICAO, is required to provide prior notice of any activity that could threaten civil aviation, the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">News of Singapore Airlines&#8217; change followed a crew on board a Cathay Pacific aircraft seeing a North Korean missile blow up over the Sea of Japan last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pyongyang launched the latest in a series of ballistic missiles last Wednesday in defiance of international sanctions and warnings against provocations. The rocket, which the regime said could reach the U.S. mainland, crashed into the sea near Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The crew of Cathay Pacific CX893, which was traveling to Hong Kong from San Francisco, reportedly saw the missile from their plane as it was passing over Japan and alerted the country&#8217;s air traffic control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/12\/06\/singapore-airlines-rerouted-flights-to-avoid-north-korean-missiles.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/north-korean-missile-threat-forced-singapore-airlines-to-reroute-flights.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean missile threat forced Singapore Airlines to reroute flights Singapore Airlines, one of the world&#8217;s top ranked carriers, has taken measures to reroute some flights in response to North Korea&#8217;s missile tests, Channel NewsAsia reported. 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