SEOUL — South Korea’s air force says a pilot on its aerobatic team was killed Thursday when his jet crashed during training.



The T-50B aircraft hit a mountain in Hoengseong shortly after taking off, the air force said. The plane is a trainer jet flown by the military’s Black Eagles aerobatic team. Hoengseong is about 70 km east of Seoul.



Military officials found a parachute near the crash site but the pilot apparently failed to escape, the air force said. — AP