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Two helicopters crashed into the sea during military training. The Japanese Defense Ministry was analyzing the cause of the incident, amid suspicion that the two aircraft crashed off the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The helicopters appear to have crashed late Saturday during nighttime training off the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean | World News
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 country's defence minister said Sunday.
Defence Minister Minoru Kihara said rescuers "spotted what are believed to be part of the aircraft in the sea, and we believe that the two helicopters crashed."
TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members collided in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a nighttime training flight,