Saturday, December 5, 1998 Published at 05:22 GMT
World: Asia-Pacific
South Korea sory for missile accident
세계뉴스 아시아-태평양
한국정부가 미사일 사고에 사과함
Missile fragments crashed earth after it was destroyed in mid-air
공중폭발로 파괴된 미사일의 잔해가 널린 지상광경
South Korea's Defence Ministry has apologised for accidentally firing an anti-aircraft missile into busy commercial airspace over the western city of Inchon on Friday
금요일날.
인천 서부지역의 번잡한 상업 지역에서 대공미사일폭발사고를 일으킨것을 국방부가 사과를 하였다.
Officials reported three people injured by tiny metal fragments from the missile that exploded in the air. About 20 cars were also damaged by the fragments, police said.
공식 보고서에는 공중 폭발한 미사일 작은 금속파편에 의한 3명 상해 ,차량 20대 파손으로 경찰이 밝혔다.
Auto-destruct The missile was automatically destroyed by a built-in safety device seconds after it left the launcher. The explosion started brush fires in nearby hills but they were quickly put out. The Defence Ministry says the Nike-Hercules missile was fired accidentally by an electronic circuit malfunction during a routine training session. 자동적 파괴 발사직후 내장된 안전장치에 의해 미사일은 자동적으로 파괴되었다. 이 폭발로 인근 야산에 산불이 났으나 속히 진화 되었다. 국방부 관계자에 의하면 나이키(허큘리스) 미사일은
전자 회로장치 이상으로 발사된 사고로 평상
훈련 도중에 일어났다. * 한국어 번역 필자 삽입* Close to border A thorough check-up of the 33-year-old, US-built missile system has been ordered. Inchon is about 40km from the heavily-guarded border with communist North Korea. The two Koreas are technically at war, with no peace treaty signed at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
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