Two U.S. army Ospreys landed at Amami Airport at round 8:50 a.m. on the 2nd because of an accident wherein a U.S. army Osprey transport aircraft crashed off the coast of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture.
According to Kagoshima Prefecture, they’ve been knowledgeable {that a} Marine Corps plane belonging to Futenma Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture will probably be flying to hold out search and rescue operations on the 2nd and third, and is predicted to go to Yakushima after this. You can
In response to this accident
â–¼Kagoshima Prefecture has requested the Kyushu Defense Bureau to request the US facet to droop Osprey flights till the trigger is investigated and measures are taken to forestall recurrence.
â–¼Okinawa Prefecture has additionally requested the Okinawa Defense Bureau and others to cease utilizing plane apart from Ospreys for search and rescue operations.