Tokyo CNN —A US military Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan’s Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima prefecture on Wednesday, with eight people on board, according to a spokesperson from the Japan Coast Guard.
ET), said the spokesperson, adding the 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters has dispatched a patrol boat and aircraft to the crash area.
It is the latest deadly crash to involve an Osprey military aircraft, with numerous accidents reported over the years.
In 2022, five US Marines died after their MV-22B Osprey plane crashed during a training mission near Glamis, California.
The same year four US service members were killed when their Osprey crashed during NATO training exercises in Norway.
Persons:
Cedric Leighton
Organizations:
Tokyo CNN, Osprey, Japan Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, NATO, CNN, US Air Force
Locations:
Japan’s, Kagoshima prefecture, Australia, Glamis , California, Norway