TOKYO: An unused lifeboat, a door and other fragments believed to be from a Japanese army helicopter have been found after the Black Hawk carrying 10 crew members was presumed to have crashed at sea a day earlier, officials said on Friday (Apr 7). Japan's Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada, who struggled to
TOKYO: An unused lifeboat, a door and other fragments believed to be from a Japanese army helicopter have been found after the Black Hawk carrying 10 crew members was presumed to have crashed at sea a day earlier, officials said on Friday .
He said he took the accident seriously. “We will do our utmost for the rescue of the 10 people who are still missing, while continuing to gather information related to the extent of damage,” Hamada added. It disappeared from radar only 10 minutes after departing from a GSDF base on Miyako Island and is believed to have crashed into the water between Miyako and nearby Irabu Island to the northwest.Coast guard patrol ships found an unused lifeboat whose serial number matched that of the missing helicopter and a door believed to belong to the same aircraft near the presumed crash site, army officials said.
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