Two South Korean air force planes have collided in mid-air during a training exercise, killing all four people on board
Debris from one of the trainer aircrafts was found in a field in Sacheon, South Korea. Pic: AP.
Both planes were KT-1 trainer aircraft that took off from an air force base in the southeastern city of Sacheon for flight training, authorities said in a statement. The collision happened around five minutes after the first aircraft took off - around 3.7 miles south of the airfield - at 1.37pm local time.A trainer pilot and an instructor were aboard each aircraft. All four ejected from the planes but were later found dead, the air force said.
Around 130 troops, 95 police officers and 60 firefighters, as well as three helicopters, searched the crash site, the Yonhap news agency reported.A photo it published showed a car parked in front of a farmhouse had been smashed by fragments of the aircraft, while another showed smoke rising from a mountain.
The four victims were identified as two first lieutenants and their instructors, both civilian employees from the air force.
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