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2 Pilots Die As F-5 Crashes Into Sea

June 18 2010

South Korea

Two South Korean air force pilots died Friday when their F-5 fighter jet crashed at sea during a training mission, Reuters reports.

The aircraft was last spotted on radar about 1.1 miles from an air base, a Defense Ministry official said.

Rescuers recovered the bodies from the crash site, he said.

North Korea was not believed to have been involved in the incident, said the official.

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