(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-POHANG-MILITARY PLANE-CRASH

(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-POHANG-MILITARY PLANE-CRASH

Xinhua
29 May 2025, 14:16 GMT+10

(250529) -- POHANG, May 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at the site of a military plane crash in Pohang, South Korea, May 29, 2025. All four crew members were killed in South Korea's military plane crash, local newspaper Chosun Ilbo said Thursday.

The P-3 maritime patrol aircraft with four crew members aboard took off from a military base in the southeastern city of Pohang for training at about 1:43 p.m. local time (0443 GMT), according to the defense ministry.

The patrol plane crashed into a hill near the base around 1:49 p.m. local time (0449 GMT) and no civilian casualties had yet to be identified, the ministry noted. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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