TOKYO: All nine people aboard a rescue helicopter which crashed in a mountainous area in central Japan during a training flight have been confirmed dead,…
TOKYO: All nine people aboard a rescue helicopter which crashed in a mountainous area in central Japan during a training flight have been confirmed dead, officials said Saturday (Aug 11).
Police and troops organised a search and rescue operation after the helicopter plunged into a forest Friday in Gunma prefecture, northwest of Tokyo.
„All the nine people were confirmed dead by noon today,“ a local official said.
The victims were disaster management officials and firefighters as well as the pilot and an aviation mechanic, the official said.
Aerial footage broadcast on Japanese television showed the wreckage of the crashed helicopter surrounded by trees, as the government dispatched aircraft accident investigators to the site.
