14-05-2025
Flammable devices dropped from US Marine helicopter in Okinawa
A bag containing flammable devices fell from a US Marine helicopter flying over Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday. No injuries or damage have been reported so far.
The Okinawa Defense Bureau said it was told by the US Forces Japan that the incident occurred in the Motobu Peninsula in the northern part of the prefecture at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
The bag, weighing about 18 kilograms, fell from the helicopter deployed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, also in the prefecture.
The bureau said as of midnight Wednesday, no injuries or damage had been reported. It added that the bag itself has yet to be recovered.
It said the bag is about 90 centimeters long, 30 centimeters wide and contained signal flares, a type of pyrotechnics.
The bureau is calling on anyone who finds the bag to report it immediately, warning that it should not be touched as the devices inside could catch fire.
