Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Force, which has a V-22 Osprey fleet, will droop its personal Osprey flights, after a U.S. Osprey army transport plane based mostly in Japan crashed into the ocean in western Japan.
TOKYO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — Japan has urged the United States to substantiate the protection of its Osprey army plane, after one crashed into the ocean in western Japan on Wednesday, killing no less than one particular person onboard, the Japanese protection minister mentioned.
“The occurrence of such an accident causes great anxiety to the people of the region,” Minoru Kihara mentioned within the parliament on Thursday. “And we are requesting the U.S. side to conduct flights of Ospreys deployed in Japan after these flights are confirmed to be safe.”
Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Force, which has a V-22 Osprey fleet, will droop its personal Osprey flights in the interim, senior protection ministry official Taro Yamato instructed the parliamentary listening to.
A U.S. Osprey army transport plane based mostly in Japan crashed in waters off the nation’s southwestern island of Yakushima on Wednesday. One unconscious particular person was discovered within the sea and later declared useless, in accordance with the Japan Coast Guard.
The reason behind the crash and the standing of the seven others on board weren’t instantly identified, the coast guard spokesperson Kazuo Ogawa mentioned.
Japan’s coast guard and others are persevering with search and rescue operations.
The U.S. Air Force mentioned that the CV-22 tilt-rotor transport plane concerned in a “mishap” whereas finishing up a routine coaching had eight airmen on board. The Japan Coast Guard had initially mentioned eight crew have been aboard the crashed Osprey earlier than revising the quantity down to 6 after which again to eight.