Crashed Japan navy choppers found on seabed
- 23-Jul-2024
Japan’s navy has located on the seabed the wreckage of two helicopters that crashed more than three months ago, killing eight crew members. The SH-60K helicopters, each crewed by four people, were conducting submarine location drills off the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean in April when they collided. To date, only one body has […]
Two Japan navy helicopters crash, one body found, 7 missing
- 21-Apr-2024
Two Japanese navy helicopters crashed into the sea during a training exercise, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board, the defence minister said on Sunday. The two SH-60 patrol helicopters were conducting anti-submarine exercises on Saturday night near Torishima in the remote Izu island group, off the southern coast of central […]

