TOKYO, April 18 (Xinhua) — A small airplane of the Japan Coast Guard on Tuesday morning made an emergency touchdown in Japan’s coastal prefecture of Oita, with no casualties reported, in accordance with native media.
At round 10:00 a.m. native time, the plane crash-landed in a subject within the prefecture’s metropolis of Usa, in accordance with Japan’s nationwide broadcaster NHK.
NHK aerial footage reveals the white plane the wrong way up within the space the place the fields unfold, with traces of wheels close by.
The small propeller airplane, operated by a Kitakyushu aviation coaching heart below the Japan Coast Guard School, took off from Kitakyushu Airport round 9:19 a.m. native time and was on a coaching flight, in accordance with the NHK experiences citing the seventh Regional Coast Guard Headquarters.
On board have been two folks, a captain and a trainee, who’re presently aware with minor accidents and have been transported to the hospital, in accordance with the native fireplace division.