Seoul: Two Air Force unit commanders have been booked in relation to an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town last month, officials said Monday, as the ministry released the interim probe results of the fighter jet accident.

According to Yonhap News Agency, on March 6, two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, during live-fire drills. The incident resulted in injuries to 52 people, including 38 civilians, as estimated by city authorities.

The two pilots involved are alleged to have erroneously entered the target coordinates prior to the live-fire drills. They have been booked on charges of professional negligence resulting in injury and damaging military facilities. Consequently, the pilots have been suspended from air duty for one year.

"The ministry plans to refer the two pilots and the unit commanders who have been booked to the military prosecution after the probe concludes and seek disciplinary action against nine officials who were found to have belatedly reported the case and taken insufficient measures," the ministry's criminal investigation command stated in a release.

The nine officials implicated include seven from the Air Force and two from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Additionally, the ministry plans to issue a warning against the Air Force's operations commander, holding him accountable for command responsibility and insufficient reporting.