Korean Air says 'strictly manages' radiation exposure after crew death ruling

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Korean Air said Tuesday it 'strictly manages' cosmic radiation exposure for its flight crew, after a landmark decision ruled an air steward's cancer death was akin to an industrial accident.

A Korean airplane which arrived from South Korea is pictured after landing at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 22, 2020. Israel refused to allow some 200 non-Israelis to disembark from a plane which arrived from South Korea, as part of measures against the new coronavirus, the health ministry said. It said the plane was made to return to South Korea, after the 12 Israeli passengers on board were taken away in ambulances waiting at Tel Aviv to be quarantined.

Such routes expose flight crews to more cosmic radiation because they involve flying over the North Pole, where such radiation is higher due to Earth's magnetic field.Korean Air declined comment on the panel's decision, but denied any wrongdoing. But the panel rejected the airline's claim, saying it was possible the plaintiff had been exposed to "more than 100mSv of accumulated radiation" and that the measuring method deployed by the Korean Air could have downplayed the actual amount of radiation.

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