Dozens of passengers rush toward the check-in counters in the departure hall of Incheon International Airport.
Some even lower their posture, pushing their carriers and diving beneath the barrier lines.
Captured in the third floor of Incheon Airport Terminal 1 early last month, the footage shows Chinese daigou (parallel traders) scrambling forward the moment the counters open to check in first.
It has been confirmed that similar incidents occurred five times in last month alone.
In response, Incheon International Airport Corporation announced today that it has installed safety fences at the entranceways to prevent the repeated mass line-cutting incidents in some departure halls recently.
The corporation installed safety fences at the entrance of Counter E in the third-floor departure hall of Terminal 1.
It also finished attaching sheets of film to the fence glass so that passengers cutting the line, ignoring the waiting queue, can be easily spotted.
Earlier last month, a video showing Chinese daigou lowering their posture and rushing under the barrier lines spread across online communities, sparking controversy.
Some netizens even debated the authenticity of the footage, saying it looked like a fake video created by AI.
Because passengers rushed in all at once, staff members in charge of guidance were even injured after being knocked about by the crowd.
The corporation subsequently took a hardline response by broadcasting digital warning messages stating that check-in will be denied if passenger safety is threatened, along with installing fences.
An airport official stated, "No additional line-cutting problems have occurred since the reinforcement of the facilities," adding, "We will continue our efforts to maintain order inside the airport by deploying safety personnel on a regular basis."
(Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong | Video by Seo Byeong-wook | Graphics by Yook Do-hyun | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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