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| Date: | Thursday 29 May 2025 |
| Time: | 13:52 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3CK Orion |
| Owner/operator: | South Korean Navy |
| Registration: | 100917 |
| MSN: | 5213 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ESE of Pohang Air Base -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pohang Airport (KPO/RKTH) |
| Pohang Airport (KPO/RKTH) |
A South Korean Navy Lockheed P-3CK Orion surveillance plane lost control and crashed on a wooded hillside near Pohang Air Base and was destroyed by fire. The airplane was participating in a military exercise. The aircraft made a right-hand turn after takeoff airport when it stalled. Control was not fully regained after it entered a nose down descent and it impacted a hillside and burst into flames.
Sources:
https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10498724
https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/yeongnam/1200056.html
https://www.chosun.com/national/incident/2025/05/29/PD66Z4WVQNBB5IZV2ZGONFLN3U/
https://twitter.com/N214WN/status/1927986790230585448
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250530084552053?section=politics/all&site=topnews02 (new video)
https://www.dailian.co.kr/news/view/1505409/ (reg. number 917 is confirmed)
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-society/2025/05/31/TMJULU67PVDAHBQE5K6RTFP6TE/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 October 1972 | 153416 | United States Navy | 0 | Sigonella Naval Air Field (NSY/LICZ) |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2025 06:29 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-May-2025 06:34 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-May-2025 06:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-May-2025 06:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 29-May-2025 07:05 | ASN | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2025 07:10 | ASN | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 29-May-2025 07:13 | ASN | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 29-May-2025 08:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 29-May-2025 08:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated |
| 29-May-2025 08:11 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 29-May-2025 09:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2025 14:19 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2025 16:58 | Dmitry | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2025 17:00 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2025 20:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 30-May-2025 20:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 31-May-2025 10:55 | Dmitry | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 31-May-2025 16:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 05:36 | Ei3idjruehd | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
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