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Incheon departures delayed as U.S. flight shutdown reaches South Korea

MBC's coverage follows the nationwide departure halt and its aftermath, with incoming international flights initially handled case by case.

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0:05The anchor cites Reuters reporting that the FAA has ordered a nationwide halt to departures.
0:15The bulletin attributes the order to exceptional circumstances and safety concerns.
0:22Departing aircraft must wait; incoming international flights will be handled case by case.
0:30Nighttime footage shows commercial aircraft parked at airport gates and taxiways.
17:24An airport feed is identified on screen as Houston ground-stop coverage.

Flights bound for the United States were delayed at South Korea's Incheon International Airport as the effects of America's nationwide ground stop spread across the Pacific, according to South Korea's Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).

The broadcaster reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted the departure restriction after roughly four hours and twenty minutes on November 13, U.S. time. But permission to take off did not immediately clear the cancellations and delays, including those affecting passengers at Incheon, the main international airport serving Seoul.

The stream opens with an urgent bulletin citing Reuters: aircraft scheduled to depart must stay on the ground, while international flights heading into U.S. airports will be handled individually. That distinction matters: the order stopped departures nationwide, rather than requiring every aircraft already airborne to land immediately.

Nighttime airport footage shows American Airlines, Frontier, Alaska Airlines and United Express aircraft waiting at gates and on taxiways. Passenger boarding bridges remain attached to parked planes. Later, an airport feed is identified on screen as coming from Houston.

In the accompanying update, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy describes a communications problem affecting air route traffic control centers across the country. The report relays officials' preliminary assessment that there was no indication of a malicious attack. It also cites reporting that investigators were examining whether a software update was involved, not presenting that as an established cause.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that restoring normal operations would take time, the broadcaster reports. For passengers awaiting U.S.-bound departures at Incheon, the lifting of the American restriction was therefore only one step toward getting their journeys moving.