Navy plane crashes in South Korea, killing all 4 crew members
The incident happened in Pohang, where locals said an unidentified aircraft fell onto a hill and caused a fire
A South Korean navy plane with four crew members crashed during a training flight on Thursday, killing all four crew members onboard, the navy said.
The P-3C patrol plane left its base in the southeastern city of Pohang at 1.43pm (local time) but crashed due to unknown reasons, the navy said in a statement. It said it had identified the bodies of the four crew members and was in the process of recovering them.
There were no immediate reports of civilian casualties on the ground. The navy said in a statement that it established a task force to investigate the cause of the crash and temporarily suspended all flights of P-3s.
An emergency office in Pohang said rescuers and fire trucks were dispatched to the site after receiving reports from local residents that an unidentified aircraft fell onto a hill near a residential complex and caused a fire.
Photos showed firefighters and emergency vehicles near the crash site with flames flickering as a smoke engulfed trees. Fire crews sprayed water on what appeared to be the aircraft debris.