South Korean P3-C Orion navy plane crash kills all four crew members, investigation under way

Published on 29/05/2025 - 12:57 GMT+2

All 4 unit members aboard a South Korean navy level person been killed aft nan craft collapsed successful nan southeastern coastal metropolis of Pohang, nan navy has said.

The P-3C Orion turboprop level which is utilized for marine patrols, took disconnected from its guidelines successful nan metropolis astatine 1:43 p.m. and collapsed owed to chartless reasons, nan navy said successful a statement.

It said it had identified nan bodies of nan 4 unit members and was successful nan process of recovering them.

There were nary contiguous reports of civilian casualties connected nan ground.

The navy has group up a task unit to analyse nan clang and has temporarily grounded its fleet of P-3s, dubbed "submarine killers" owed to their submarine fighting abilities.

An emergency agency successful Pohang said that rescuers and occurrence trucks were dispatched to nan tract aft receiving reports from residents that an craft had collapsed connected a elevation adjacent an flat analyzable and caused a fire.

Photos showed firefighters and emergency vehicles adjacent nan P-3C clang tract pinch flames flickering arsenic fume engulfed adjacent trees.

Local emergency services said 2 helicopters and 40 firefighters had been deployed to nan area to conflict nan fire.

The South Korean navy is successful nan mediate of plans to upgrade its aeroplane fleet to Boeing P-8A Poseidon, group to beryllium completed by mid-2025.