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Japan Times
17-05-2025
- General
- Japan Times
Possible remains of missing ASDF plane crew member found
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that body parts possibly of a missing crew member of a Self-Defense Force trainer jet that crashed into Lake Iruka in central Japan have been found. The discovered body parts were heavily damaged, he told a news conference. Since the Air SDF's T-4 aircraft crashed into the agricultural reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, the SDF has been conducting an around-the-clock mission involving over 600 members to search for missing Capt. Takuji Ioka, 31, and 1st Lt. Shota Amitani, 29, of the 5th Air Wing in the southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki. On Wednesday, the T-4 aircraft took off from the ASDF's Komaki base in the Aichi city of Komaki at 3:06 p.m. for the Nyutabaru base in Miyazaki. The aircraft, however, disappeared from the radar around 3:08 p.m. while flying near Inuyama about 13 kilometers northeast of the Komaki base. Objects that appear to be parts of the T-4 aircraft's engines and wheel tires, as well as pilot seats and oxygen cylinders, have been found in search efforts so far.
NHK
16-05-2025
- General
- NHK
Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Apparent remains of aircrew members found
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force says it found what appear to be human remains at a large reservoir in central Japan where a trainer aircraft carrying two crew members crashed. The T-4 plane plunged into Lake Iruka, shortly after taking off from Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture on Wednesday. The ASDF says it made the discovery during a search in and around the crash site on Friday. It says the recovered remains appear to belong to the personnel who were on board the aircraft. The ASDF says the partial human remains were taken to the Komaki Air Base for confirmation. The ASDF also says it found what is believed to be the aircraft's engine on Thursday, in addition to pieces of the fuselage that were recovered earlier. The T-4 plane is said to have sharply lost altitude shortly after takeoff. The ASDF will collect debris from the crash site and analyze them to investigate the cause of the incident.
