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Japan’s minister of defense said the cause was still being investigated, but called a mid-air collision a “high possibility.”

During a nighttime training exercise, two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crewmembers are believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo.

The two SH-60K choppers from the Maritime Self Defense Force were carrying four crew each and lost contact late Saturday near Torishima island about 600 kilometres south of Tokyo, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said

The crashes occurred during nighttime training off the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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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.

TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crewmembers were believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a night-time training exercise, and rescuers were searching for the missing, Japan’s defense minister said. The two SH-60K choppers belonging to the Maritime Self Defense Force and carrying four crew each, lost […]

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.