S. Korean man found hanged in airplane toilet

SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man was found dead in an apparent suicide in an airplane lavatory on an international flight operated by an unidentified domestic air carrier, police said Tuesday.
The 43-year-old man, identified only by his surname Yang, an employee of a private company, apparently hanged himself aboard the flight departing from the Chinese city of Guangzhou for Incheon International Airport on late Monday, according to police.
"I first found him dead in the lavatory while checking passengers before landing," a flight attendant of the carrier said. "He hanged himself with a belt tied on the hanger in the lavatory."
Police said Yang presumably committed suicide as no definitive signs of murder were detected at the scene, though no suicide note was found.
An investigation into the exact cause of death is under way, they added.
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