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Japans defense minister says two navy helicopters have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during nighttime training flight after possibly colliding with each other. The two SH-60K helicopters,

Seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea, officials said.

The cause of the accident is being investigated, but officials believe it is "highly likely" the two aircraft hit each other, with flight recorders and debris from both found in the same area.

Japan's defense minister says two Japanese navy helicopters are believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during night-time training.

Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a nighttime training flight after possibly colliding with each other.

The cause was not immediately known, but the two helicopters might have collided with each other before crashing into the water, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said.

The two SH-60K choppers were carrying four crew each and lost contact late Saturday near Torishima island about 370 miles south of Tokyo.

Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during nighttime training in a possible collision, leaving one dead while rescuers on Sunday searched for seven others missing, the defence minister said.

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Defence Minister Minoru Kihara said a thorough search is under way for those missing in the Pacific.