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Japan Times
3 days ago
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- Japan Times
ASDF fighter crashes off Ibaraki Prefecture
An Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter crashed into the ocean off Ibaraki Prefecture during a training exercise on Thursday. The sole pilot on board ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital after being rescued by an ASDF helicopter. The pilot is not injured. "We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the public," Takehiro Morita, chief of staff of the ASDF, told a news conference on Thursday. The accident occurred shortly after 12:30 p.m. The F-2, part of the 7th Air Wing based at the ASDF Hyakuri base in the city of Omitama, Ibaraki, took off from the base at 11:44 a.m. and was training in an airspace some 150 kilometers northeast of the base together with three other F-2 aircraft and two ASDF rescue aircraft at the time of the accident. The pilot made an emergency escape after reporting an abnormality to air traffic control. No damage to nearby ships or facilities has been reported. The ASDF is investigating the cause of the crash. The pilot had approximately 1,000 hours of total flight time. No abnormalities were found during the pre-takeoff inspection. In response to the accident, the ASDF decided to suspend F-2 training flights for the time being, with the exception of some aircraft involved in measures against airspace violations. In May, a T-4 trainer aircraft of the ASDF crashed into a lake in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, resulting in the deaths of two crew members. The ASDF chief of staff said in the news conference, "While we believe that safety measures are in place, the situation (surrounding the latest accident) is not fully known, and it is difficult to provide a definitive response at this time."
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
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- Al Arabiya
Japan fighter jet crashes, lone pilot ejected and rescued, NHK reports
A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F2 fighter jet crashed off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan during a training exercise, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Associated Press
2 South Carolina deputies hurt in training accident by live rounds kept in baggie in desk drawer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two deputies shot and injured in a training exercise in South Carolina were wounded by ammunition taken from a plastic bag in a desk drawer and not property tested to see if they were blanks, a sheriff said Wednesday. The officers were injured by what turned out to be breaching rounds used by police to break down doors and windows that were fired by an officer acting as a gunman in the July 29 training scenario, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said. Both deputies are recovering. Instead of getting rounds for the training out of the heavily controlled sheriff's armory, deputies took rounds they believed were blanks from a plastic bag in a desk drawer, Lewis said. The officers followed regulations and test-fired the rounds to see if they were blanks, but fired into a berm from too far away and didn't realize they were breaching rounds, which contain gunpowder and have enough power to knock down doors at close range, the sheriff said. No criminal charges were filed but internal investigators are still reviewing what happened and the deputies involved in obtaining the ammunition could be disciplined, Lewis said. 'I don't know how long those rounds were in that desk drawer. But I can assure you I don't think anybody would keep any kind of round in a baggie in a desk drawer at the Greenville County Sheriff's Office ever again,' Lewis said at a news conference Wednesday. The two injured deputies were part of a SWAT team undergoing regular training at a vacant school building. They were practicing checking rooms for people when another officer who was supposed to be a suspect fired at them with a shotgun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks. The injured deputies immediately realized they were bleeding and medics on the scene applied tourniquets that likely saved the life of one officer who had an artery severed after being shot in the groin, Lewis said. The other officer was struck just below his armpit and just above his bulletproof vest, the sheriff said. Both had to have emergency surgery and are still out of work a week after the shooting, Lewis said. The Greenville County Sheriff's Office has stopped training with shotguns as they investigate the shooting.
Yahoo
02-08-2025
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- Yahoo
Dad Reveals He Spoke with Sailor Son Hours Before He Disappeared from USS George Washington
"It was a great conversation," Jose Rivera III recounted of the call with his sonNEED TO KNOW The father of the Navy sailor who went missing on July 28 during a training exercise is speaking out for the first time Jose Rivera III, the father of Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV, said that he had spoken to his son 12 hours before he fell overboard "It was a great conversation. We always ended up saying, 'we're so proud of you, you have been like none of the Riveras have ever been, look at you,' " Rivera recountedThe father of the Navy sailor who went missing during a training exercise on July 28, while onboard the USS George Washington in the ocean north of Australia, is speaking out for the first time. On Wednesday, July 30, USS George Washington spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Mark Langford told PEOPLE that the search for the missing sailor — identified as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV, per a release — had been suspended. The sailor's father, Jose Rivera III, spoke to local Virginia news outlet WVEC-TV on Friday, Aug. 1, about his son's passion for his role in the U.S. Navy — and shared that he had spoken with his son just 12 hours before he went missing. "It was a great conversation. We always ended up saying, 'we're so proud of you, you have been like none of the Riveras have ever been, look at you,' " Rivera said of the sailor. According to the Navy sailor's father, Rivera Lynch is being remembered as a "likeable, very humble" man who had just enlisted in the Navy in June 2024 and first reported to USS George Washington in January. "He was a person that, whenever you met him for the first time, you met somebody that was so likeable, very humble, very helpful," his father told the outlet. "No matter where I went with him, people just loved being around him." The Navy first announced that they had responded to reports of 'a possible sailor overboard' in the Timor Sea, in a Monday, July 28 press release. The aircraft carrier is currently operating in the Timor Sea as part of the multinational Talisman Sabre 25 exercise organized by Australia and the U.S., per USNI News. The release confirmed that the search for the missing sailor involved a number of Navy helicopters and vessels, as well as assistance from Australian Defence Force crews. The George Washington was carrying out its first patrol since returning to Japan in November 2024 when Rivera Lynch went missing. "After more than 45 hours of continuous search and rescue efforts covering roughly 2,200 square miles, the U.S. Navy and Australian Defence and Australian Border Forces suspended search efforts in the Timor Sea on July 30," the release stated. Rivera Lynch's father told WVCE-TV that he's grateful for the military's efforts in trying finding his son. "I'll forever be grateful that they did their due diligence in searching for him. They will cover every wave and every rock, and they couldn't recover him, but the effort was there, and I commend them for that," Rivera said. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Rivera Lynch's father confirmed to the outlet that a memorial service is scheduled for Saturday in his Florida hometown. He is asking that the local community respect Navy procedures amid the service and remember his son as a caring, passionate man. "They say when you lose a parent, you're an orphan," Rivera said, holding up a picture of his son. "When you lose a spouse, you're a widow. But when you lose a son, there are no words for that... It's going to be step-by-step, but now he lives in me, and I will carry on his legacy until my final days." Read the original article on People
Free Malaysia Today
01-08-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Post-mortem finds no signs of foul play in UTM student's death
Police said Haris Samsudin, a student at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, collapsed during a training session at the army combat training centre in Ulu Tiram, Johor. PETALING JAYA : A post-mortem on a Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) student who died during a reserve officers' training unit exercise found no injuries suggesting foul play, police confirmed today. Kota Tinggi police chief Yusof Othman said preliminary findings from the autopsy conducted at Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor Bahru showed no external injuries or trauma. However, the exact cause of death remains unknown pending laboratory results, he said in a statement. Yusof said the student, Haris Samsudin, collapsed during a training session at the army combat training centre in Ulu Tiram, Johor, at about 2.30pm on July 28. Haris reportedly showed signs of disorientation before suddenly losing control and collapsing. He was taken to Kota Tinggi Hospital but was pronounced dead at the emergency department. The case has been classified as sudden death, and police have begun recording statements from witnesses and medical personnel. At a press conference in Ipoh earlier today, Haris's mother, Ummu Haiman Bee Daulatgun, alleged possible foul play after viewing his body. In a Malaysiakini report, Ummu claimed Haris had bruises, bleeding from the nose and eyes, and wounds resembling gunshot injuries. She said the injuries appeared inconsistent with the explanations provided to her. 'One person said he had a seizure during a shooting practice, while another told a family member he died in a fight,' she said. Ummu also claimed that she was initially stopped from taking photos and was only allowed to view part of her son's body, but went ahead to document the injuries anyway.
