ISTANBUL

All four uniformed personnel aboard a navy patrol plane were killed after a crash on a mountain in southeastern South Korea on Thursday, Yonhap News reported.​​​​​​​

The bodies of the deceased, two commissioned officers and two non-commissioned officers, were retrieved by the authorities.

Some of the bodies were harmed by the crash and the subsequent fire.

The incident was reported in Pohang city at around 1.50 pm (0450GMT).

Soon after the crash, local witnesses saw smoke rising from the mountain.

The plane that crashed was one of the eight P-3CK aircraft in operation in Pohang and Jeju.