Aircraft forced to make an emergency landing in Kumamoto prefecture’s Aso City after experiencing mid-flight engine failure.
Two Hongkongers were among three people injured in a helicopter crash in Japan over the weekend, the city’s immigration authorities said on Tuesday.
The Immigration Department said it was working with China’s consulate in Fukuoka to provide help to Hong Kong residents – a man and a woman.
According to Japanese media, the accident happened at around noon on Sunday when a sightseeing helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Kumamoto prefecture’s Aso City after experiencing a mid-flight engine failure.
Local authorities said the aircraft hit the ground hard, with all three people on board suffering serious injuries. The Hong Kong couple, both in their thirties, sustained hip and rib fractures, while their pilot, a man in his fifties, had a broken spine.
