SEOUL — A South Korean fighter jet unintentionally dropped eight bombs on a civilian space throughout coaching on Thursday, injuring eight individuals, officers stated.
The MK-82 bombs “abnormally” launched by the KF-16 fighter jet fell exterior a firing vary, inflicting civilian damages, the air pressure stated in a press release.
The air pressure stated it’ll set up a committee to analyze why the accident occurred and study the size of civilian damages. It stated the fighter jet was collaborating within the air pressure’s joint live-firing drills with the military.
The air pressure apologized for the incident and expressed hopes for a speedy restoration of the injured individuals. It stated it’ll actively provide compensation and take different mandatory steps.
The accident occurred in Pocheon, a metropolis near the closely armed border with North Korea. Pocheon’s catastrophe response heart stated that six civilians and two troopers have been injured and so they have been receiving therapies at hospitals.
Middle officers stated the situations of 4 of the injured have been severe and that they’re all civilians. They stated two of the severely injured are foreigners—one Thai and one Myanmar.
Three homes have been partially broken, a Catholic church and a greenhouse however they didn’t seem to have been immediately hit by the bombs, in line with the Pocheon heart.
