Helicopter Hits Tower And Plunges To Ground

Two pilots have died after their helicopter hit the side of a luxury apartment building and then plunged to the ground.

The impact was so loud that one resident thought "a war had started".

TV footage showed windows shattered in the upper floors and the mangled wreckage of the aircraft which was almost completely destroyed.

The helicopter's propeller clipped the 38-storey block in the upmarket Gangnam district of the South Korean capital, Seoul, before it came crashing down.

The aircraft, which was owned by LG Electronics, was on its way to a nearby landing field where it was scheduled to pick up workers and head to another city.

Fire official Cha Yang-Oh said 57-year-old captain Park In-Kyu died in the crash.

A 36-year-old vice-captain survived the impact, but died later in a hospital.

LG Electronics said the two were company employees.

Mr Cha said no one was hurt in the I-Park building - which is among the most expensive apartment blocks in the capital.

One of the building's residents, Jeong Young-Woo, 54, said: "I heard a blast sound while I was sleeping, so I ran out. The boom sounded like a war had started."

Seoul was foggy when the tragedy happened but Mr Cha declined to say if the weather conditions contributed to the crash.

Gangnam is a fashionable district that became famous due to South Korean rapper Psy's smash hit music video Gangnam Style.

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