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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.
CTV News
16-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Japan retrieves remains of 1 of 2 service members whose training plane crashed
Firefighters gather for a search operation as a Japanese air force plane crashed after taking off for a training flight, at a pond in Inuyama, central Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO — Japanese defence officials said Friday they recovered the remains of one of two crew members who were missing since their military training aircraft crashed earlier this week. The air force T-4 aircraft carrying two service members crashed into a reservoir Wednesday, minutes after taking off from Komaki Air Base in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi. On Friday, after two days of searching, rescuers recovered 'what appears to be the body of a crew member' and transported it to Komaki base for examination, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters. The air force grounded all remaining 196 of the training planes and began their emergency inspection on Thursday. The crash is the latest in a series of defence aircraft accidents in recent years and comes at a time when Japan is accelerating a military buildup to deter China's growing influence in the region. Japan has doubled its defence spending, raising concern that funding for weapons may be prioritized over safety measures. The crashed plane was 36 years old and wasn't fitted with a voice recorder or a flight data recorder. Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press
