SEOUL, September 09 (AJP) - A charter plane is expected to depart for the United States as early as Wednesday to fly home more than 300 South Koreans who were detained at a battery plant construction site in Georgia, according to officials and industry sources.
Korean Air will deploy a B747-8i charter flight from Incheon International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with a potential departure time of Wednesday morning, the sources said.
The large aircraft, which has a capacity of 368 seats, will be able to accommodate all of the South Koreans who were detained at the joint venture battery factory between Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution.
The return trip, carrying the released individuals, is expected to leave Atlanta late on Wednesday and arrive at Incheon Airport late Thursday afternoon, Korean time.
The released South Koreans will be transported from a detention facility operated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in Folkston, Ga., to the Atlanta airport, a four-and-a-half-hour drive.
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Candice Kim
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