Crash of a Lockheed P-3CK Orion in Pohang: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 29, 2025 at 1349 LT
Operator:
Registration:
100917
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pohang - Pohang
MSN:
185-5213
YOM:
1966
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Based in Jeju, the airplane was dispatched at Pohang Airport to perform a local training flight consisting with touch-and-go manoeuvre. It took off at 1343LT with a crew of four on board. About six minutes into the flight, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
