NEW DELHI: A US military Osprey aircraft, carrying eight crew members, crashed off the coast of Japan near Yakushima Island, as confirmed by the coastguard spokesperson.
“We received information at 2:47 pm (0547 GMT) today that the US military’s Osprey crashed off Yakushima Island,” a spokeswoman told.
“We were also notified that there were eight crew members on board,” she added.”There is no further information at the moment.”
The incident was reported at 2:47 pm local time today. At present, there is limited information available about the crash.
Yakushima Island is situated south of Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island. This crash follows a previous Osprey accident in northern Australia back in August, where three US marines lost their lives among the 23 individuals on board.
The previous incident occurred during a military exercise on Melville Island, north of Darwin, involving locally stationed troops.
“We received information at 2:47 pm (0547 GMT) today that the US military’s Osprey crashed off Yakushima Island,” a spokeswoman told.
“We were also notified that there were eight crew members on board,” she added.”There is no further information at the moment.”
The incident was reported at 2:47 pm local time today. At present, there is limited information available about the crash.
Yakushima Island is situated south of Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island. This crash follows a previous Osprey accident in northern Australia back in August, where three US marines lost their lives among the 23 individuals on board.
The previous incident occurred during a military exercise on Melville Island, north of Darwin, involving locally stationed troops.