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US, South Korea begin search for aircraft that went missing during Korean War

Three American military planes all crashed off east coast in 1952 amid active fighting against North Korea

The U.S. and South Korea have launched a search for the wreckage of U.S. military aircraft that crashed off the east coast during the 1950-53 Korean War, according to Seoul’s defense ministry, part of a broader push to recover remains from the conflict with North Korea.

The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and the ministry’s Agency for Killed in Action (KIA) Recovery & Identification (MAKRI) will search for the wreckage of two transport aircraft and a fighter jet around Gangneung city and Yangpyeong county, the ministry said in a press release on Monday.

The surveyors are expected to start