North Korea artillery launch was near Chinese passenger flight

A North Korean artillery launch happened minutes before a Chinese commercial plane reportedly carrying 202 people flew in the same area, South Korean officials said.

North Korea artillery launch was near Chinese passenger flight

A North Korean artillery launch happened minutes before a Chinese commercial plane reportedly carrying 202 people flew in the same area, South Korean officials said.

It was not immediately clear what danger, if any, the launch on Tuesday posed to the China Southern Airlines plane travelling from Tokyo to Shenyang, China.

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