China Southern Punished over Passenger Jet's Close Call in South Korea

(Beijing) – China's civil aviation authority has apparently punished the country's largest airline by fleet size after one of its passenger jets mistakenly entered a runway as another plane was landing at an airport in South Korea last month – an incident that saw the aircraft stop within meters of each other.

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. was responsible for the incident at the international airport in Cheongju, in northern South Korea, on March 18, officials from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said during a videoconference with airline executives.