Article Posted on : - Jun 18, 2010

F-5 fighter jet

SEOUL (BNS): A South Korean fighter jet F-5F jet Friday crashed during a routine training mission killing two pilots on board, a media report said.

Korean news agency Yonhap quoting Air Force officials said, the fighter went missing less than an hour after leaving base in the coastal city of Gangneung, 237 kilometers east of Seoul.

An official said the recue team has recovered the bodies of the two pilots from the wreckage of the plane which crashed into waters off the country's east coast.

According to the report, one of the pilots was found knotted in a parachute partly opened. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.