A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off the coast of Japan, the coastguard said.
“We received information at 2:47 pm (0547 GMT) today that the US military’s Osprey crashed off Yakushima Island,” a spokeswoman said.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that the Osprey departed from the Iwakuni US base in the Yamaguchi region headed for the Kadena base in Okinawa.
NHK also cited defence ministry sources as saying that the aircraft was a CV-22 Osprey belonging to the US Yokota air base in Tokyo.
The tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft has a troubled history, with a string of fatal crashes over the years.
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US military aircraft with eight crew crashes off Japan
A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off the coast of Japan, the coastguard said.
“We received information at 2:47 pm (0547 GMT) today that the US military’s Osprey crashed off Yakushima Island,” a spokeswoman said.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that the Osprey departed from the Iwakuni US base in the Yamaguchi region headed for the Kadena base in Okinawa.
NHK also cited defence ministry sources as saying that the aircraft was a CV-22 Osprey belonging to the US Yokota air base in Tokyo.
The tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft has a troubled history, with a string of fatal crashes over the years.
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