{"id":77127,"date":"2026-04-23T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/23\/south-korea-air-force-selfie-crash-apology"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:35:40","slug":"pilots-selfie-led-to-mid-air-collision-in-f-15k-fighter-jet-says-south-koreas-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=77127","title":{"rendered":"Pilot\u2019s selfie led to mid-air collision in F-15K fighter jet, says South Korea\u2019s air force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One pilot ordered to repay some of the $600,000 of damage caused by collision in 2021<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s air force has apologised for a 2021 mid-air collision involving two fighter jets, a day after auditors said pilots were taking selfies and filming during the flight and held them responsible for the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely apologise to the public for the concern caused by the accident that occurred in 2021,\u201d an air force spokesperson said in a press briefing. The spokesperson said one of the pilots involved had been suspended from flying duties, received severe disciplinary action and has since left the military.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/23\/south-korea-air-force-selfie-crash-apology\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One pilot ordered to repay some of the $600,000 of damage caused by collision in 2021South Korea\u2019s air force has apologised for a 2021 mid-air collision involving two fighter jets, a day after auditors said pilots were taking selfies and filming during&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,222],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-south-korea"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77128,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77127\/revisions\/77128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}