At least one individual has died after a US navy plane crashed off the coast of a Japanese island.
Six crew members have been on board the Osprey plane when it crashed on Wednesday.
The Japanese coastguard stated one crew member had been discovered – and was later pronounced lifeless – together with grey-coloured particles believed to be from the plane.
They have been discovered at sea round half a mile off the japanese coast of Yakushima.
The reason for the crash and the standing of the opposite folks on the plane weren’t instantly recognized.
Fishing boats within the space discovered three folks within the surrounding waters, a consultant of a neighborhood fisheries cooperative stated. Their situation is unknown.
Another Osprey landed safely on the island’s airport on Wednesday, at across the time of the crash.
“The government will confirm information about the damage and place the highest priority on saving lives,” Japan’s chief cupboard secretary Hirokazu Matsuno informed reporters.
The Osprey is a hybrid plane that takes off and lands like a helicopter, however throughout flight can rotate its propellers ahead and cruise a lot quicker like an aeroplane.
US and Japanese officers stated the plane belonged to Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
In Okinawa, the place about half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan are based mostly, Governor Denny Tamaki informed reporters he’ll ask the US navy to droop all Osprey flights in Japan.
In August, a US Osprey crashed off the coast of northern Australia, killing three Marines and significantly injuring 5 others.
Another crash-landed within the ocean off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa in December 2016, prompting a short lived US navy grounding of the plane.
It additionally comes after 5 US service members have been killed after their plane suffered a “mishap” throughout a routine air refuelling mission within the japanese Mediterranean Sea.
Source: information.sky.com”