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2022-11-20 22:17
One KF-16 engine crashed into a hill in Yangpyeong...Pilot emergency escape
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ji-heon = At 8:05 pm on the 20th,
the Air Force announced that a KF-16 fighter jet
belonging to the 19th Fighter Wing of the Air Force crashed.
According to the military, during a patrol mission,
an engine failure occurred in the mountainous area of Yangdong-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do,
about 20 km west of the Wonju base in Gangwon-do, and one pilot escaped.
The crashed fighter is a KF-16C with one seat (single seat),
and the pilot who escaped is safe and will be transported to the Air Force Aerospace Medical Center.
The fighter was reported to have been equipped with some armaments,
such as several air-to-air missiles,
but it was found that there was no civilian damage,
and the military continues to check whether there is any damage.
The Air Force has suspended all aircraft except for reconnaissance assets and emergency standby power,
and the flight of the aircraft will be suspended until the cause of the accident is identified.
The Air Force plans to establish the cause of the accident by forming an accident committee chaired by Deputy Chief of Staff Yoon Byeong-ho.
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