The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Seoul

A South Korean army helicopter crashed into a mountain near Seoul early Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, an army officer said.

The UH-1H went down in Yangpyong, about 25 miles east of Seoul around 1:40 a.m., army spokesman Lt. Col. Ko Dong-hun told The Associated Press.

Two pilots, two medical officers and three soldiers died when the aircraft crashed while returning to base after transporting an emergency patient to a military hospital, he said.

The bodies were sent to a military hospital in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, after being recovered from the mountain where the chopper was broken into two.