Tokyo [Japan], November 29 (ANI): One individual was killed on Wednesday after a US army Osprey plane crashed off the coast of Japan’s Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima prefecture, in keeping with a spokesperson from the Japan Coast Guard, CNN reported.
The spokesperson stated that no additional data was out there on the opposite seven people on board and the rationale behind the crash.
At round 2:47 pm native time (12:47 am ET), the Coast Guard obtained details about the crash. The spokesperson stated the tenth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters has dispatched a patrol boat and plane to the crash space.
The Yakushima Airport Management Office in Kagoshima Prefecture obtained a name from the US army on Wednesday afternoon requesting an emergency touchdown at Kagoshima Airport, a Kagoshima prefectural official advised CNN.
The Kagoshima prefectural official didn’t specify if the request got here from the US Marines or Air Force.
It is the newest crash to contain an Osprey army plane, with quite a few accidents reported through the years.
In August 2023, three US Marines have been killed and a number of other others significantly wounded after an Osprey crashed throughout army workout routines in Australia.
In 2022, 5 US Marines died after their MV-22B Osprey aircraft crashed throughout a coaching mission close to Glamis, California. The identical 12 months 4 US service members have been killed when their Osprey crashed throughout NATO coaching workout routines in Norway.
The Osprey is a extremely versatile plane that may take off vertically like a helicopter but in addition perform high-speed cruising of a extra typical turboprop aircraft with wings.
Generally, Osprey is protected to fly, however the plane has had a historical past of mechanical and operational points, since its inception within the Nineteen Eighties, in keeping with CNN army analyst and retired US Air Force Colonel Cedric Leighton, as per CNN. (ANI)