<Anchor> On the
afternoon of the 13th, a civilian light plane crashed as soon as it took off from Uiryeong, Gyeongnam.
The aircraft fell into the village garden and caught on fire, killing two people inside.
This is KNN regular reporter.
<Reporter> It
is a village in Jijeong-myeon, Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongnam.
The yellow object is wrinkled out of shape.
It's a crashed plane.
Debris is scattered all around.
The distance is only 30m away from vegetable gardens and private houses.
[Oh Soo-yeon / First Witness: There was a very loud noise. There was a sound three times, but when I went out, the fire was burning.] The
pilot of the light aircraft, 53-year-old Mo, and the first co-pilot, 44-year-old Hong, died.
It was also engulfed in flames after the crash.
[Roh Tae-young / Rescue Team Leader, Uiryeong Fire Station, Gyeongnam: I saw a flame, so I quickly extinguished the fire, and after searching for the person in the aircraft, there was one person who was presumed to be the driver.]
It is known that he was doing flight training at a private airline.
There is an airfield right across the river.
The light airport is about 4 km from here.
It took off at 3:09 pm and crashed here in less than a minute.
It is understood that there were no other casualties in the surrounding private houses.
The plane that crashed was a CH701 light aircraft made in the United States in 2008.
Police and fire departments are investigating the exact cause of the accident.
(Video coverage: Ahn Myung-hwan KNN)