2 South Korean fighter jets accidentally lower 8 bombs to civilian area during training, officials say

Seoul, South Korea – Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on the civilian area during Thursday, injuring at least eight people, the officials said. One report set up a number at 15.

The MK-82 bombs of £ 500 released by KF-16 fighter jets fell outside the shooting range and caused civil damage, the Air Force statement said.

Air Forces have announced that the Committee will be established to investigate why the accident has occurred and examine the circumference of civil damage. It was said that fighter jets participated in the common aircraft drills with the army.

The incident happened at about 10 hours of local time, Agence France-Pray reported.

The unidentified aircraft official told local journalists that the pilot of one of the KF-16 became the wrong coordinate for the place of bombing. The unidentified official of the Ministry of Defense also told reporters that more investigations were needed to discover why the second KF-16 had also dropped bombs to the civilian area.

The contents of the briefing of the clerk is divided by foreign media.

Air Forces apologized and expressed hope for the rapid recovery of injured people. It has been said to actively offer compensation and take other necessary steps.

The accident happened in Pocheon, a city near a very armed border with North Korea.

In television briefing, Pocheon Mayor Paek Young-Hyun called bombings “terrible” and invited the army to stop exercises in the city until it formulates reliable steps that can prevent repetition. He said that Pocheon, a city of 140,000 people, provides three main shootings for South Korean and US Army.

The army announced that it was decided to suspend live fire exercises in Pocheon, but Reuters news agency cited the official saying that the great common military exercises of South Korean and the United States became not influenced on Monday.

Paek described training on Thursday as a joint exercise with the US army. But the South Korean Ministry of Defense could not confirm this immediately.

Pocheon’s disaster reacting center said six civilians and two soldiers were injured and treated in hospitals. Four injured – all civilians – were in serious condition, the center said. Two seriously injured are foreigners – one from Thailand and the other from Mjanmar.

The local fire statement agency was a statement that 15 people were injured, two seriously, Reuters reported.

Three houses were partially damaged together with the Catholic Church and a greenhouse, but it seemed that they were not directly affected by two bombs, according to the center of Pocheon.

Residents of the area have been alarm for years for the potential danger of nearby training, Reuters notes.