The cause was not immediately known, but the two helicopters might have collided with each other before crashing into the water, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said.
Two Japan ese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a nighttime training flight after possibly colliding with each other, the country's defense minister said Sunday. One crew member who had been recovered from the waters was later pronounced dead, while rescuers searched for seven others who were still missing.
local time Saturday and sent an automatic emergency signal a minute later.Only one distress call was heard â another sign the two helicopters were near the same place, because their signals use the same frequency and could not be differentiated, Kihara said.One belonged to an air base in Nagasaki, and the other to a base in Tokushima prefecture.The SH-60K aircraft is usually deployed on destroyers for anti-submarine missions.
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