US military aircraft carrying 6 crashes off coast of Japan, 1 dead: report

Un aereo delle forze speciali dell'aeronautica degli Stati Uniti è precipitato al largo del Giappone: una persona è morta

Mercoledì un aereo delle forze speciali dell'aeronautica militare statunitense è precipitato al largo dell'isola giapponese di Yakushima. A bordo c'erano

A US military plane with six people on board crashed into the sea off western Japan on Wednesday, with at least one crew member dead, and the condition of at least two people pulled from the water is unclear, according to AFP.

A U.S. military Osprey plane with six people on board crashed this Wednesday off the coast of Japan, causing at least one death, the Japanese coast guard reported. The Japanese Self-Defense Force, Coast Guard and local fishermen are participating in operations to search for possible survivors. The Coast Guard had initially announced that the plane had eight people on board, before revising this figure downward. A person was found unconscious at …

U.S. military Osprey crashes off the coast of Japan, killing at least one

Japan’s Vice Defense Minister Hiroyuki Miyazawa referred to the incident as an 'emergency water landing' and noted that the U.S. authorities indicated the pilot made significant efforts to control the situation.

U.S. military Osprey aircraft with 8 aboard crashes off southern Japan_ at least 1 dead

TOKYO — A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan has been pronounced dead, coast guard officials said. The cause of the crash and the status of the seven others on board were not immediately known, coast guard spokesperson Kazuo Ogawa said. The Osprey was carrying eight crew and is an Air Force aircraft, a U.S. official who was not authorized t…

At least one dead and five missing in US military plane crash near Japan

At least one person has been killed after a US military aircraft crashed into the ocean near Japan on Wednesday. A search and rescue operation is underway to locate the remaining five members onboard the aircraft. The crew were reportedly conducting a training mission. Witnesses reported seeing one of the plane's engines on fire as it made its approach to an airport. Parts of the wreckage have been found by the Japanese coastguard around two kil…