Military Plane Crashes In South Korea: What To Know
The P-3C patrol plane left its base in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang at 1.43 p.m. local time, but later crashed due to unknown reasons, the navy said.
The plane is believed to have come down on a mountainside, KBS World reported.
An emergency office in Pohang said that rescue workers and fire trucks were dispatched to the site after receiving reports from local residents that an unidentified aircraft had crashed and an explosion had been witnessed.
Pohang's Nambu police station also said the crash involved a navy patrol aircraft and it could not immediately confirm whether there had been any deaths or injuries.
Yonhap news agency reported that firefighters were trying to extinguish a fire and published a photo showing smoke billowing from the hills near a factory area in Pohang.
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin describes the P-3 as a the world's "premier multi-mission maritime long-endurance aircraft," which can conduct air, surface and subsurface patrol and reconnaissance tasks.
With more than 400 aircraft flown by 21 operators in 17 countries, the P-3 was critical in providing support for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina the following year, and the anti-piracy Operation Atalanta in the Gulf of Aden in 2009.
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