WORLD NEWS: FOUR KILLED AS NAVY PATROL PLANE CRASHES IN SOUTH KOREA
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According to authorities, all four occupants of a navy marine patrol jet perished in a crash in South Korea on Thursday.
About six minutes after takeoff, at 2:00 pm (0500 GMT), the aircraft crashed in a mountainous region close to the southeast city of Pohang, according to South Korea’s navy.
According to the navy, the incident occurred as the marine patrol plane was practising takeoff and landing.
According to a statement from the Navy, “All four bodies of the maritime patrol aircraft crew have been located and are currently being recovered.”
According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, two of the four victims were officers, and the other two were non-commissioned officers.
No civilian casualties have been confirmed.
The cause of the incident is being investigated, the navy said.
Fire authorities have sent some 40 personnel in response, Yonhap said.
South Korea suffered the worst aviation disaster on its soil in December when a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash-landed and exploded in a fireball after slamming into a concrete barrier.
AFP
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