A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747-800 charter flight passes a US flag while taxing for departure to Seoul, South Korea, with previously detained Korean workers from Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 11 September 2025. (ANSA)

Flagship carrier Korean Air says plane could depart for Atlanta, Georgia, as soon as Wednesday.

A chartered plane will ferry hundreds of South Koreans home from Atlanta after they were detained for illegally working at a Hyundai electric battery plant.