Japan: accident between two army helicopters leaves seven missing

An accident suffered by two helicopters of the Self-Defense Forces (Army) of Japan while participating in maneuvers in the Pacific, he left seven missing, as reported this Sunday by the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

The two SH-60K model helicopters, each with a four-member crew, respectively lost contact with the command center between 22:38 and 23:04 local time on Saturday (between 13:38 and 14:00 GMT). on Saturday).

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The Self-Defense Forces began searching for the aircraft in the area where its communication was lost, east of the Izu Islands (south of Tokyo), and found remains of the helicopters, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said today. in statements to local media.

At the moment, only one of the eight crew members has been rescued, while the rest remain under search by a group of eight ships and five aircraft from Japanese forces, as well as two other vessels from Japanese forces. Japanese Coast Guard.

The Ministry believes that the two aircraft collided while participating in nighttime anti-submarine practices in those waters and continues to investigate the exact causes of the accident. accident.

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Japanese authorities rule out that any other country could have been involved in the accident, since at the time it occurred no ships or aircraft were detected foreigners in these waters.

In April last year, a UH-60JA helicopter belonging to Japanese troops crashed in the waters off the Okinawa archipelago, southwest of Japanleaving a dozen dead.

Source: Elcomercio

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