US military aircraft with eight on board crashes into sea off Japan
A U.S. military Osprey plane crashed into the ocean near the Japanese island of Yakushima on Wednesday with eight people on board, the Japanese Coast Guard said.
A coastguard spokesman said there were no further details about the incident, including the safety of those on board.
The crash occurred around 2:47 p.m. local time, with local residents reporting fire coming from the left engine as it fell into the sea, Japanese broadcaster MBC reported.
A spokesman for U.S. forces in Japan had no immediate comment.
The crash occurred around 2:47 p.m. local time, with local residents reporting fire coming from the plane’s left engine as it fell into the sea, Japanese broadcaster MBC reported (file photo: an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft)