A chartered plane to carry the Koreans detained at the Hyundai Motor Group–LG Energy Solution battery joint-venture construction site in Georgia (the HL-GA battery company) departed Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 10th.
According to the aviation industry, at 10:21 a.m. that day, Korean Air charter flight KE2901 took off from Incheon Airport and is headed to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.
The aircraft deployed is a B747-8i with a total of 368 seats. It can carry more than 300 detained Koreans at once.
The detained Koreans were reportedly to leave the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Folkston, southern Georgia, on the morning of the 10th (local time), board buses, and move to Atlanta Airport. The detention facility is about a 4-hour-30-minute drive (428 km) from the airport.
The return flight carrying the Koreans is scheduled to depart Atlanta Airport at around 2:30 p.m. on the 10th local time (3:30 a.m. on the 11th Korea time).
It is expected to arrive at Incheon Airport on the afternoon of the 11th Korea time. A nonstop flight from Atlanta to Incheon takes 15 hours and 30 minutes.
Most of the more than 300 people are expected to return in the form of voluntary departure.