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Japan finds crashed military helicopter, recovers five bodies: Kyodo

Japan finds crashed military helicopter, recovers five bodies: Kyodo

Sunday, April 16, 2023, 13:34 GMT+7
Japan finds crashed military helicopter, recovers five bodies: Kyodo
An unidentified object which was floating in the ocean near the site of a military helicopter that crashed in the sea is seen on a ship after it was recovered from the sea near Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in this handout photo taken on April 7, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Japanese rescuers found the wreckage of a crashed military helicopter and recovered the bodies of five of the 10 people who had been on board, Kyodo newswire reported on Sunday.

The aircraft disappeared from radar on April 6 while flying over the sea near Miyako island, part of Japan's Okinawa prefecture. A senior Ground Self Defense Force commander, Lieutenant General Yuichi Sakamoto, was among those on the flight.

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