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Moonies founder 'hurt in crash' Moonies founder 'hurt in crash'
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The founder of the controversial Unification Church, better known as the Moonies, has been hurt in a helicopter crash in South Korea, reports say.The founder of the controversial Unification Church, better known as the Moonies, has been hurt in a helicopter crash in South Korea, reports say.
Rev Sun Myung Moon, 88, was among several people on the aircraft when it made an emergency landing at Gapyeong, 40km (25 miles) east of Seoul.Rev Sun Myung Moon, 88, was among several people on the aircraft when it made an emergency landing at Gapyeong, 40km (25 miles) east of Seoul.
The Unification Church website said Rev Moon and his wife were "safe". News agencies quoted officials as saying Rev Moon's injuries were slight.
The injured were taken to Cheongshim Hospital, which is owned by the Church, Yonhap news agency reported. The casualties were taken to Cheongshim Hospital, which is owned by the Church, Yonhap news agency reported.
The agency said the helicopter burst into flames on landing. A police spokesman said that the helicopter had been carrying Rev Moon, his wife Han Hak-Ja, 11 relatives and three crew members when it ran into difficulties in heavy rain and came down on a hillside at Gapyeong, AFP news agency reported.
Police and witnesses said it came down in a mountainous area near the hospital at about 1710 (0810 GMT), AFP news agency said. Burst into flames
Rev Moon, his wife and 13 others were slightly hurt and one woman, aged 38, was seriously injured as the helicopter burst into flames on landing.
Police and witnesses said the crash happened in a mountainous area near the hospital at about 1710 (0810 GMT), AFP said.
South Korea's CBS radio said Rev Moon and his wife were given MRI scans for possible back injuries and moved to a VIP room.
A spokesman for the South Korean transport ministry said that the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter had made the landing after encountering bad weather.
The Church, which is officially called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, was founded in Seoul in 1954.
It has followers in about 200 countries, its officials say.
In April, Rev Moon's son, Hyung Jin Moon, 28, succeeded his father as the Church's most senior leader.