By AFP 01 April 2022 | 10:37 am Two South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air Friday, killing four pilots, Seoul’s military said. Military personnel are seen near a crashed South Korean air force KT-1 trainer jet (C) near the city of Sacheon, about 300 kilometres south of the capital Seoul on April 1, 2022, after it collided with another KT-1 during training in mid-air, killing four pilots, Seoul’s military said. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP) / – Two South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air Friday, killing four pilots, Seoul’s military said. The KT-1 trainer jets crashed near the city of Sacheon, about 300 kilometres south of the capital Seoul, according to military authorities. “Two KT-1 trainer jets at the Sacheon Air Base collided in mid-air while training and crashed,” the defence ministry said in a statement. Four pilots were killed in the accident, it added. The air force will “check the exact situation of damage and investigate the cause of the accident”, the statement said. More than 30 firefighters and emergency responders were dispatched to the crash site, the Yonhap news agency reported. The crash is one of several incidents involving South Korean air force jets this year. In January, a pilot was killed in an F-5 fighter jet crash. That accident took place shortly after the country grounded its entire fleet of advanced F-35 fighter jets following a major systems malfunction on one plane that forced a dramatic emergency landing. The Korean peninsula remains in a technical state of war, as the armistice that ended the conflict in 1953 has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty. Latest 2 mins ago Lekki Concession Company (LCC) on Friday resumed tolling on Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos State. LCC opened the toll gate days after it had a meeting with Lekki communities and residents. “All of us present here have spoken! And not one resident is in support of tolling,” Macaroni tweeted on Wednesday. The toll plaza was… 2 mins ago Not everyone owns a car but for some of those who do, constantly keeping the car in a good condition can sometimes pose a challenge. 8 mins ago A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed as he sat in a parked car Thursday night in New York City, police said, shining a light on surging gun violence in the US megacity. 20 mins ago Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia is consolidating and preparing “powerful strikes” in the country’s east and south, including besieged Mariupol, where a new attempt will be made Friday to evacuate civilians from the devastated city. 30 mins ago Celebrates the resilience of young impact-makers, such as Tosin Olaseinde, Akintola Adesanmi, Jennifer Onyebuagu, Dapo Adedeji, Ore Runsewe, Tomike Adeoye, amongst others The Lord’s Achievers Awards, an annual award ceremony organised by Nigeria’s finest premium spirit brand, Lord’s London Dry Gin, held its fourth edition on Saturday, 26th March, 2022 at the Landmark Event Centre,…
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