​Korea IPC passenger screening outage delays flights 3 Nov | Rahizi

3 November 2026 At about 06:05, the Ministry of Justice passenger pre-check system (IPC)failed, briefly stopping airline check-in and ticketing nationwide. According to Yonhap and Korea JoongAng Daily, after a report from the Incheon Immigration Office forced (manual) ticketing was ordered at about 06:15; passenger data reached airlines again at about 07:25. The ministry confirmed airline response times were normal again at about 08:25. This is a new passenger-ops wave versus the 30 October ARINC·TravelSky network/ticketing outage — a different cause — Ministry of Justice IPC. a different cause — Ministry of Justice IPC — new passenger-ops wave입니다.

What happened on the ground

IPC checks passenger lists from airlines in real time and flags whether departure is allowed. Manual checks caused congestion; of nationwide departures scheduled, 44 of 201 flightswere delayed (36 by 30–60 minutes, 8 by more than an hour); at Incheon Airport, six airlines’ 9 flightsflights ran late, reports said. The ministry links the load spike to a backlog of passenger data updating at once after overnight storage replacement at the Incheon immigration office, and is analysing the root cause. Officials said delays were within a usual range and passengers completed departure checks before scheduled times.

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Based on Ministry of Justice and Incheon Airport statements and Yonhap / Korea JoongAng Daily coverage on 3 November 2026 (IPC outage, 44 delays nationwide, 9 at Incheon). Recheck airline and airport guidance.