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Pilot error blamed for mistaken South Korean fighter jet bombing over Pocheon

Pilot error blamed for mistaken South Korean fighter jet bombing over Pocheon

Seoul, March 6 (IANS) Pilot error is suspected to have caused an accidental fighter jet bombing of a civilian area in a border city Thursday in an unprecedented accident that left at least 15 people injured in South Korea, military officials said. Two KF-16 fighter jets 'abnormally' dropped four MK-82 air-to-surface bombs each outside a training ground in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, at 10:04 a.m., while taking part in joint live-fire drills with US troops, according to the officials. An Air Force official told reporters an initial investigation found that one of the pilots of the single-seat…
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