SINGAPORE: Thirteen passengers were taken to hospital , after a Korean Airlines flight from South Korea to Taiwan on Saturday ( Jun 22 ) was diverted due to a defect in the aircraft, local media reported.
Aircraft KE189 , departed from Incheon International Airport for Taichung International Airport at 4.45pm on Saturday with 125 passengers on board, the Yonhap news agency reported.
50 minutes after taking off, the aircraft discovered a leak in its pressurization program, according to Yonhap. At the time, it was  , flying over South Korea’s resort area of Jeju.
The inner room stress of an aircraft is controlled by an air pressurization system.
According to data from flight tracking service Flightradar24, the plane’s altitude fell by 25, 000ft ( 7.6km ) in about eight minutes.
Around 7:30 p.m., the planes returned to Incheon Airport.
Fifteen people suffered from membrane anguish and breathlessness during the origin and 13 of them were taken to clinic, Yonhap news agency reported, citing , South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
No serious accidents have been reported, it added.