A U. S. military helicopter with four crew members aboard made a crash-landing Saturday afternoon on a small islet in Okinawa, local authorities said, the latest in a series of U. S. military accidents in the prefecture. No injuries resulted from the emergency landing of the UH-1 helicopter
A U. S. military helicopter with four crew members aboard made a crash-landing Saturday afternoon on a small islet in Okinawa, local authorities said, the latest in a series of U. S. military accidents in the prefecture.
No injuries resulted from the emergency landing of the UH-1 helicopter belonging to U. S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma around 4 p.m. on a sandy beach on Uruma city’s Ikei Island, according to police. The helicopter was also not demolished.
According to the Okinawa Defense Bureau, a unit of the Defense Ministry, the helicopter landed due to a warning light in the cockpit and the U. S. military has told the Japanese government the aircraft opted for a « preventive landing » to avoid an accident.
A local resident said there is a house some 100 meters from the crash site.
The incident is likely to refuel public anxiety about the huge presence of the U.
