manila, 10 Apr ( EFE).- several airlines are planning to divert more than one dozen of flights in the Philippines to prevent the satellite Korea of the North plans to launch between Thursday 12 and April 16 Monday, local media reported today.
The Philippines Civil Aviation Authority indicated that three air corridors in the North of the country will be closed temporarily on the same dates to avoid the rocket, which some countries branded a covert test of missile launch.
Companies that have decided to redirect its flights include Japan Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Korean Airlines and Garuda Indonesia, most between Manila and other cities such as Jakarta, Los Angeles or Tokyo.
Countries such as Japan, Korea of the South or United States have condemned the North Korean launch considering it a disguised test of a missile that occur, would violate a resolution of the UN Security Council, 2009.
Korea of the North, which aims to launch the satellite as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of the founder of the country, Kim Il-sung, meanwhile argues that the launch of the satellite houses for peaceful and scientific purposes which allowed experts and international journalists recently.
The announcement of the release has urged Japan to establish a contingency plan to knock down the projectile when it amended its initial trajectory, which is expected fly over the islands of Okinawa (Japan Southwest), and danger for the country.
Is estimated that remnants of the rocket carrying the satellite from falling in the Yellow Sea, near Korea in the South, and the South China Sea, about 140 kilometers to the East of the Philippine island of Luzon. EFE
