{"id":984,"date":"2016-04-04T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=984"},"modified":"2017-06-23T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T13:03:28","slug":"984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=984","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taking off on a combat sortie from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2015 (Photo by AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

South Korea partly resumed flights of its F-16 fighter jets on Monday after the crash of one plane led to a fleetwide grounding, the Air Force said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S.-made combat aircraft plunged into an uninhabited hill in the southeast town of Cheongsong, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul on Wednesday, after its engine failed during a training mission. The two pilots aboard the airplane safely ejected.<\/p>\n

Following the accident, the Air Force suspended the flight of some 30 F-16 units, as well as 130 KF-16 fighter jets, a South Korean variant of the U.S. airplane, which the Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. license-produced.<\/p>\n

With Monday’s decision, around 130 KF-16 aircraft resumed their operations, an Air Force official said.<\/p>\n

But the F-16 jets remain grounded and will not resume flights until the Air Force wraps up its investigation into last week’s crash, according to the official.<\/p>\n

The two models use different jet engines and the KF-16s safely underwent a special engine checkup, the official said, explaining why Seoul lifted the flight ban.<\/p>\n

“A thorough investigation is under way over the crash of the F-16D aircraft,” the official said.<\/p>\n

The Air Force retrieved the black box of the stricken jet and sent it to the U.S. for a probe, he said, adding that a technical investigation from the aircraft’s engine maker will arrive in South Korea to join the local investigation.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> (Yonhap)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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