jets accidentally dropped eight bombs,
The incident involving the Air Force KF-16 aircraft, in the city of Pocheon near North Korea, was part of routine drills held by the South to maintain combat readiness against potential attacks from the North. South Korea's Air Force said that it was investigating the incident and apologised for This While shells from live firing exercises sometimes land near civilian residences, they rarely cause injuries.
jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district on Thursday during a live-fire military exercise, local media reported.The incident involving the The incident involving the Air Force KF-16 aircraft, in the city of Pocheon near North Korea, was part of routine drills held by the South to maintain combat readiness against potential attacks from the North.
South Korea's Air Force said that it was investigating the incident and apologised for the damage, adding it would provide compensation to those affecteWhile shells from live firing exercises sometimes land near civilian residences, they rarely cause injuries.d.According to local media reports, two people suffered fractures to their necks and shoulders.A 60-year-old who was driving when the explosion happened had shrapnel lodged in their neck, Yonhap reported."I was driving when I heard a 'bang'," they said. "When I woke up, I was in an ambulance."
"Our KF-16 (fighter jet) abnormally dropped eight shells of MK-82 bombs. It landed outside of firing range," said Korea's Air Force in a statement. The military said the pilot of one of the jets inputted the wrong coordinates by mistake, causing the bombs to drop in the civilian community.Investigators have yet to determine why the second jet dropped its bombs, the military said, adding all live-fire exercises will be suspended.One church building and houses were also damaged as a result of the incident.
Images published on local media show a broken window of a building and The director of a nearby senior citizen care centre said that the building's windows shattered and one of their teachers was taken to hospital with injuries. While no seniors were hurt, they said, "they were so frightened that we sent them all home".Pocheon authorities told the BBC earlier on Thursday that residents had been evacuated while a bomb disposal team worked on safely disposing any unexploded bomb
But authorities later said they did not find any unexploded bombs at the scene, Yonhap reporteThe defence ministry said the training on Thursday was related to a joint drill with US forceSouth Korea and the US are set to run combined drills from March 10 to March 20 - the first since US president Donald Trump's return to the White House. This comes at a time when the two countries are increasingly wary of the growing alliance between North Korea and Russia.
