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2 U.S. Fliers Die in S. Korea Plane Crash
Yahoo News ^
| 8/12/03
Posted on 08/12/2003 2:24:40 AM PDT by Libloather
2 U.S. Fliers Die in S. Korea Plane Crash
29 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - A U.S. military transport plane crashed Tuesday south of Seoul, the U.S. military said. South Korean police said two Americans on board died.
The C-12 Huron, a small turboprop plane, went down at 2:43 p.m. seven miles southwest of Camp Humphreys, a U.S. base, the military said in a written statement.
"Status of personnel is not known at this time," it said.
But South Korean police Lt. Sung Yol-gap said two Americans on the plane died. Speaking by telephone from Asan, a town near the crash site, he said he did not know if there were others on board. He said there were no casualties on the ground.
Sung said the plane crashed in a rice paddy near a restaurant and plowed through garlic patches into a storehouse, destroying a chicken coop, a tractor and other farming implements. The building caught on fire.
Some 37,000 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: crash; fallen; fliers; plane; skorea; us
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; OahuBreeze; Amelia; yonif; MEG33
Sad Korean news ping.
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posted on
08/12/2003 3:06:02 AM PDT
by
Amelia
To: Libloather
Prayers to the Families
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posted on
08/12/2003 3:33:42 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game!)
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posted on
08/12/2003 4:34:53 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Libloather
Prayers to them and their families
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posted on
08/12/2003 7:10:24 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(I have nothing to add .. just want to see if I make the cut and paste ;0))
To: Libloather
May the Lord save their souls
To: Amelia
Sad news indeed!
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: csvset
Hmmmm just a super King Air 200....aka C-12......too bad. Prayers for their families and loved ones.
Stay Safe !
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posted on
08/12/2003 7:51:08 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
To: Squantos
South Korean firefighters investigate the wreckage of a U.S. Army cargo plane as a soldier's body is covered by a blanket in Pyongtaek, about 40 km (24 miles) south of Seoul August 12, 2003. The cargo plane crashed in a populated area of South Korea on Tuesday, killing two American soldiers, local police and the U.S. military said. (Stringer/Korea/Reuters)
To: Libloather
Very sad news. Apparently, one of the pilots was the son of an old friend of my husband's.
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posted on
08/13/2003 8:00:59 AM PDT
by
reformed_dem
(Do not write below this line.)
To: Libloather
One of the pilots killed in that plane crash was Capt. Kevin Norman, 30, of Sonoma, CA. He was an extremely close friend of our group of five. He was a brother and will be missed. He is survived by his wife Capt. Brandi Norman, mother Laurie, brother Sean, sister Colleen, and father Tim. Thanks for all of your prayers!
John McMillan
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:41:30 PM PDT
by
Coupfive
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