A U. S. military helicopter with two crew members aboard made an emergency landing in Okinawa Prefecture, local police said Monday, just two days after a similar incident in the southern Japanese island prefecture. No one was believed to be injured after the helicopter landed at a waste disposal site,
A U. S. military helicopter with two crew members aboard made an emergency landing in Okinawa Prefecture, local police said Monday, just two days after a similar incident in the southern Japanese island prefecture.
No one was believed to be injured after the helicopter landed at a waste disposal site, about 250 meters away from a hotel in the village of Yomitan.
The U. S. military said the AH-1 attack helicopter belonging to U. S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the prefecture made a precautionary landing, according to the police. The Marine Corps said it will have the helicopter return to the air base as soon as possible after fixing the problem.
The latest incident is likely to further increase public anxiety about the huge presence of the U. S. military in Okinawa which hosts the bulk of U. S. military bases in Japan.
The prefecture has seen a series of accidents and mishaps involving U.
