A Korean Air plane took off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday carrying workers who were detained in a raid at a battery plant on the Hyundai Metaplant campus near Savannah last week, then released early Thursday to return to South Korea.

The Boeing 747 took off at 11:38 a.m., following a string of commercial Delta Air Lines flights off the airfield of the Atlanta airport and into clear, cloudless skies.

Media gathered atop a nearby airport parking deck to see the light blue plane’s departure, including several journalists from Korean outlets.

The workers traveled by bus from an Immigration & Customs Enforcement detention facility in Folkston early Thursday morning, according to The Associated Press . South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the detainees rel

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