2 Japanese navy helicopters crash in the Pacific Ocean during training leaving 1 dead and 7 missing
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Defence minister says possibility of a collision between the two helicopters is being analysed
TOKYO (AP) — 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. One crew member who had been recovered from the waters was later pronounced dead, while rescuers searched for seven […]
The two flight recorders had been discovered in close proximity to each other and the probability was high that the two helicopters had collided
TOKYO — Two Japanese navy helicopters crashed into the sea during a training exercise, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board, the defence minister said on Sunday (April 21). The two SH-60 patrol helicopters were conducting anti-submarine exercises on Saturday night near Torishima in the remote Izu island group, off the southern coast of central Japan....