Japan finds crashed military helicopter, recovers five bodies, Kyodo reports

Japan finds crashed military helicopter, recovers five bodies, Kyodo reports

A handout photo. An unidentified object which was floating in the ocean near the site of a military helicopter that crashed in the sea is seen on a ship after it was recovered from the sea near Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in this handout photo taken on April 7, 2023.

PHOTO: Reuters via 1th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard

PUBLISHED ONApril 17, 2023 1:38 AM

TOKYO - Japanese rescuers found the wreckage of a crashed military helicopter and recovered the bodies of five of the 10 people who had been on board, Kyodo newswire reported on Sunday (April 16).

The aircraft disappeared from radar on April 6 while flying over the sea near Miyako island, part of Japan's Okinawa prefecture. A senior Ground Self Defense Force commander, Lieutenant General Yuichi Sakamoto, was among those on the flight.

Source: Reuters

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