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Navy patrol plane carrying four people crashed on a mountain in the southeastern city of Pohang, South Korea on Thursday.

Axar.az reports, citing Yonhap, the crash occurred at 1:50 p.m.(08:50 Baku time) and witnesses reported smoke rising from the mountain.

The crash occurred at 1:50 p.m., and witnesses reported smoke rising from the mountain.

"A P-3 maritime patrol aircraft that took off for training from an air base in Pohang at 1:43 p.m.(08:43 Baku time) crashed at a nearby location due to unidentified reasons," the Navy said in a notice to reporters.

The Navy confirmed that four people were aboard the aircraft, saying it is investigating further details, including casualties.

Fire authorities have been dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fire.

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Four people were on board -- two commissioned officers and two non-commissioned officers.

The Navy said it recovered the dead bodies of all four officers. The officers' identities have yet to be confirmed.

The aircraft was usually based at a Navy unit on the southern island of Jeju, but had flown to Pohang for training, a Navy official said.