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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.
The Independent
14-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
2 crew members missing after a military training plane crashes in central Japan
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. 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.
