An aviator was flying over the city of Gunsan, 180 kilometers from Seoul – the capital of South Korea-, when lost control of the ship and crashed. The pilot managed to save himself since it is ejected seconds before the crash.
The aircraft in question was a fighter plane model F-16 belonging to the united states army. The aeronaut was flying over the yellow sea when he had a “ flight emergency“.
US military authorities cannot yet confirm the reasons that caused the emergency on the flight. The mission commander, Matthe Gaetkeindicated that “the information will not be available until the end of the research exhaustive of safety and accidents“.
The pilot of the F-16 fighter plane was able to save himself as he ejected from the aircraft just in time. Shortly after falling, the aviator was found by South Korean forces.
“We are very grateful to the South Korean rescue forces and to all our teammates who made our driver’s quick recovery possible,” Gaetke declared. It is not the first time that an incident of this type has occurred on South Korean soil: in the last 8 monthsis the third time a US aircraft crashes in South Korea.
The military relationship between the United States and South Korea
Since the separation of South Korea and North Korea, USA He always had interference in the military policy of the South Korean people. At the moment, USA is he South Korea’s main security ally and has 28,500 own troops in South Korean territory.
In recent months, the tensions between both Koreas have been increasing. The presence of the United States and its economic and military support to the Southern nation is also a point of rigidity between both nations.
In the last episode of this conflict, the regime North Korea fired several cruise missiles that They flew over waters near an important military shipyard on the east coast of the southern country. In response to this, United States, South Korea and Japan they intensified their joint military exerciseswhom Kim Jong-un describes as “rehearsals for an invasion”.
Source: Ambito
