Japan's army finds five bodies and wreckage during a deep-sea search for crew on board a Black Hawk helicopter that disappeared from radar earlier this month, an army spokesman says.
abc.net.au/news/five-bodies-wreckage-found-in-japan-helicopter-crash-search/102229640Japan's army has found five bodies and wreckage during a deep-sea search for crew on board a Black Hawk helicopter that disappeared from radar earlier this month, an army spokesman said.
Two pilots, two mechanics and six crew members were on board the UH-60JA, including a GSDF general from the 8th division. "There are still five left undiscovered, so search and rescue operations are underway simultaneously," the spokesman told AFP., including a door, a snapped blade and a yellow life raft that was still packed inside a bag.The helicopter was stationed at a key base in Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu.
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