Seoul, South Korea – A South Korean fighter accidentally abandoned eight bombs in a civil area during training on Thursday, injuring eight people, officials said.
The MK-82 bombs “abnormally” published by the KF-16 fighter aircraft fell outside a shooting field, causing civilian damage, the Air Force said in a press release.
The Air Force said that it will establish a committee to investigate why the accident occurred and examine the extent of civil damage. He said the fighter plane participated in the joint shooting of the Air Force with the army.
The Air Force apologized for the incident and expressed his hopes for rapid recovery from injured people. He said he will actively offer compensation and take the other necessary measures.
The accident occurred in Pocheon, a city close to the strongly armed border with North Korea. The pocket disaster response center said six civilians and two soldiers had been injured and received treatments in hospitals.
Center officials said the conditions for four injured were serious and they are all civilians. They said that two of the seriously injured are foreigners – a Thai and a Myanmar.
Three houses were partially damaged, a Catholic church and a greenhouse, but they did not seem to have been directly struck by the bombs, according to the Pocheon Center.
(Tagstotranslate) Planning and response of disasters
Seoul, South Korea – A South Korean fighter accidentally abandoned eight bombs in a civil area during training on Thursday, injuring eight people, officials said.
The MK-82 bombs “abnormally” published by the KF-16 fighter aircraft fell outside a shooting field, causing civilian damage, the Air Force said in a press release.
The Air Force said that it will establish a committee to investigate why the accident occurred and examine the extent of civil damage. He said the fighter plane participated in the joint shooting of the Air Force with the army.
The Air Force apologized for the incident and expressed his hopes for rapid recovery from injured people. He said he will actively offer compensation and take the other necessary measures.
The accident occurred in Pocheon, a city close to the strongly armed border with North Korea. The pocket disaster response center said six civilians and two soldiers had been injured and received treatments in hospitals.
Center officials said the conditions for four injured were serious and they are all civilians. They said that two of the seriously injured are foreigners – a Thai and a Myanmar.
Three houses were partially damaged, a Catholic church and a greenhouse, but they did not seem to have been directly struck by the bombs, according to the Pocheon Center.
(Tagstotranslate) Planning and response of disasters
Seoul, South Korea – A South Korean fighter accidentally abandoned eight bombs in a civil area during training on Thursday, injuring eight people, officials said.
The MK-82 bombs “abnormally” published by the KF-16 fighter aircraft fell outside a shooting field, causing civilian damage, the Air Force said in a press release.
The Air Force said that it will establish a committee to investigate why the accident occurred and examine the extent of civil damage. He said the fighter plane participated in the joint shooting of the Air Force with the army.
The Air Force apologized for the incident and expressed his hopes for rapid recovery from injured people. He said he will actively offer compensation and take the other necessary measures.
The accident occurred in Pocheon, a city close to the strongly armed border with North Korea. The pocket disaster response center said six civilians and two soldiers had been injured and received treatments in hospitals.
Center officials said the conditions for four injured were serious and they are all civilians. They said that two of the seriously injured are foreigners – a Thai and a Myanmar.
Three houses were partially damaged, a Catholic church and a greenhouse, but they did not seem to have been directly struck by the bombs, according to the Pocheon Center.
(Tagstotranslate) Planning and response of disasters
