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Epoch Times
15-05-2025
- General
- Epoch Times
2 Crew Members Missing After a Military Training Plane Crashes in Central Japan
TOKYO—A search was launched on Wednesday for two crew members reported missing after a Japanese air force training plane crashed minutes after take off. The T-4 training plane belonging to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force took off from Komaki Air Base, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said. The force said the plane was lost from radar two minutes after taking off. The authorities are searching for the missing aircraft and its crew in an area near a reservoir known as the Iruka pond, officials said. The reservoir is about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of the air base, near the city of Inuyama. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters that parts of the aircraft have been found at the crash site. He said the cause of the crash is under investigation. Officials were also preparing to collect fuel apparently leaked from the aircraft and floating in the reservoir, Nakatani said. Witnesses told the NHK national broadcaster that they heard a loud noise like thunder, followed by sirens of police cars and fire engines. The T-4 plane, which operates out of Nyutabaru air base, in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki, was heading back to its home base on an unspecified mission, Nakatani said. Related Stories 5/13/2025 5/11/2025 The crash is the latest in a series of defense aircraft accidents in recent years. In April 2024, two SH-60K navy reconnaissance helicopters crashed during nighttime anti-submarine training near Torishima island, about 600 kilometers south of Tokyo, leaving all eight crewmembers dead. In 2023, an army UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter on a reconnaissance mission crashed off a southern island of Miyako, with the loss of 10 crew. By Mari Yamaguchi
Japan Today
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
Part of crashed ASDF training plane found; 2 crew missing
An Air Self-Defense Force training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a large reservoir shortly after takeoff from a base near Nagoya, central Japan, the government said Wednesday. The ASDF said it is working to confirm the situation involving the T-4 jet, which disappeared from radar two minutes after departing Komaki Air Base, also in Aichi Prefecture, around 3:06 p.m. en route to a base in southwestern Japan. Nobody was reported hurt in the vicinity of the accident in Inuyama, a city in the same prefecture. Police said what appears to be oil was seen floating on the surface of the reservoir, known as Lake Iruka, located some 10 kilometers northeast of the base. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters in Tokyo that part of the jet was found near the crash site, and that the ASDF has set up an investigation committee to determine the cause of the incident. The two who went missing are both male pilots, a captain and a first lieutenant, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of the ASDF, told a press conference. But he stopped short of giving further personal details of the pilots. Uchikura also said the ASDF has decided to suspend T-4 flights for the time being and that the plane involved in the accident has no flight recorders. The crashed aircraft, which belonged to Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki Prefecture, was manufactured 36 years ago. The ASDF has 197 T-4s, which are domestically made, two-seat aircraft used primarily to train fighter jet pilots. They are also used by the force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team. Lake Iruka is known to be one of the country's largest artificial agricultural reservoirs, spanning more than 1 km across at its widest point. On Wednesday, some people were seen bass fishing at the lake. In recent years, Self-Defense Forces aircraft have been involved in fatal accidents almost every year, such as a crash of a UH-60JA helicopter into waters off an island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa in April 2023, killing all 10 people aboard. In April last year, two SH-60K patrol choppers, each carrying four crew members, collided during a night submarine detection drill over waters near a remote Pacific island, with no survivors. © KYODO
Hamilton Spectator
14-05-2025
- General
- Hamilton Spectator
Military training plane crashes in central Japan, 2 crew members missing
TOKYO (AP) — A search was launched on Wednesday for two crew members reported missing after a Japanese air force training plane crashed soon after take off. The T-4 training plane belonging to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force had taken off from Komaki Air Base, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said. The force said the plane was lost from radar two minutes after taking off. The authorities are searching for the missing aircraft and its crew in an area near a reservoir known as the Iruka pond, officials said. The reservoir is about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of the air base, near the city of Inuyama. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters that parts of the aircraft have been found at the crash site. He said the cause of the crash is under investigation. Witnesses told the NHK national broadcaster that they heard a loud noise like thunder, followed by sirens of police cars and fire engines. The T-4 plane, which operates out of Nyutabaru air base, in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki, was on an unspecified mission and its flight route could could not be released, defense officials said. The crash is the latest in a series of defense aircraft accidents in recent years. In April, 2024, two SH-60K navy reconnaissance helicopters crashed during nighttime anti-submarine training near Torishima island, about 600 kilometers south of Tokyo, leaving all eight crewmembers dead. In 2023, an army UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter on a reconnaissance mission crashed off a southern island of Miyako, with the loss of 10 crew.
14-05-2025
- General
Military training plane crashes in central Japan, 2 crew members missing
TOKYO -- A search was launched on Wednesday for two crew members reported missing after a Japanese air force training plane crashed soon after take off. The T-4 training plane belonging to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force had taken off from Komaki Air Base, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said. The force said the plane was lost from radar two minutes after taking off. The authorities are searching for the missing aircraft and its crew in an area near a reservoir known as the Iruka pond, officials said. The reservoir is about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of the air base, near the city of Inuyama. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters that parts of the aircraft have been found at the crash site. He said the cause of the crash is under investigation. Witnesses told the NHK national broadcaster that they heard a loud noise like thunder, followed by sirens of police cars and fire engines. The T-4 plane, which operates out of Nyutabaru air base, in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki, was on an unspecified mission and its flight route could could not be released, defense officials said. The crash is the latest in a series of defense aircraft accidents in recent years. In April, 2024, two SH-60K navy reconnaissance helicopters crashed during nighttime anti-submarine training near Torishima island, about 600 kilometers south of Tokyo, leaving all eight crewmembers dead. In 2023, an army UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter on a reconnaissance mission crashed off a southern island of Miyako, with the loss of 10 crew.
