TOKYO: Japan's army found wreckage and five bodies on Sunday (Apr 16) during a deep-sea search for crew on board a helicopter that disappeared from radar earlier this month, an army spokesman said.
with 10 people on board had been on a reconnaissance mission when it went missing on Apr 6, in what the Ground Self-Defense Force described as an"aerial accident".
The newly found wreckage appeared to be from the missing helicopter, but there were no details yet on the identities of the bodies retrieved, the army spokesman said. Coast guard rescuers had already discovered several pieces of debris that appeared to be from the helicopter, including a door, a snapped blade and a yellow life raft that was still packed inside a bag.Japan's military, which is limited to ostensibly defensive activity by the country's post-war constitution, has seen occasional accidents.
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