SEOUL: Korean Air said on Tuesday (Nov 7) that 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.
FILE PHOTO: A Korean Air flight attendant's cancer death due to cosmic radiation has been ruled a industrial accident. SEOUL: Korean Air said on Tuesday that 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.
The attendant, identified by his surname Song, spent nearly 1,022 hours on board a plane each year with nearly half of his flights covering long-haul routes to the Americas and Europe. The company limits the radiation exposure to"less than 6mSv a year", it said, which is"a lot stricter than the legal maximum radiation exposure standard of up to 50mSv a year".
The ruling is the first time that an official labour body in South Korea has recognised the correlation between cosmic radiation and cancer for flight attendants as an industrial death.