Two US Soldiers Killed in Air Crash in South Korea

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Two US Soldiers Killed in Air Crash in South Korea

A US military plane has crashed in a populated area south of Seoul, the US military says. It said it had no word on whether there were casualties, but a South Korean news agency said the two Americans on board died.

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The South Korean crashed light plane was confirmed belonging to US Forces Korea (USFK), according to South Korean Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.

The C-12 light aircraft crashed in Asan, more than 100 kilometers south to Seoul in South Chungcheong Province, Tuesday at around 2:10 p.m. (0520 GMT), killing two American soldiers on board, reported Yonhap.

The two-seater plane crashed in a field near Inju-myeon as it tried to make an emergency landing, eyewitnesses was quoted as saying.

The bodies of the two soldiers were transferred to a nearby hospital.

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