Japans UH-60 serie helikoptre bygges på lisens fra Sikorsky ved Mitsubishi og leveres i flere varianter. Norge har bestilt 6 av den mariniserte versjonen Seahawk. (Red.
Eric Kjerstad Solheim
NHK: Japansk militærhelikopter har forsvunnet
Et helikopter tilhørende det japanske militæret fløy i nærheten av øya Miyako-jima da det forsvant fra radaren.
Den melder den japanske kringkasteren NHK, som viser til uttalelser fra det japanske forsvarsdepartementet.
Helikopteret skal ha hatt ti mennesker om bord, herav det skal ha vært seks besetningsmedlemmer, to piloter og to mekanikere.
NHK skriver videre at fire skip skal være på vei for å lete etter helikopteret.
Øya Miyako-jima ligger nær Okinawa, et øyrike i Stillehavet sør for Japan.
SDF chopper goes
missing near Okinawa with multiple members aboard
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KYODO
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Apr 6, 2023
A Ground
Self-Defense Force helicopter with 10 people aboard went missing in waters off
Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, according to the Japan Coast Guard and other
sources.
The UH60
multipurpose chopper disappeared from radar around 4:40 p.m. about 18 kilometers
northwest of an airport in Miyako Island, the coast guard said.
The coast
guard dispatched four patrol ships to nearby waters to search for the
helicopter. Weather conditions were described as moderate when they arrived
around 6:10 p.m.
The helicopter
is based at GSDF Takayubaru camp in Kumamoto Prefecture, and was engaging in
surveillance activities, according to a Defense Ministry source.
Two pilots,
two mechanics and six crew were on board and all were Self-Defense Force
members, the GSDF said.
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| Date: | 06-APR-2023 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | near Miyako Island -  Japan |
| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Narrative:
A Japan Self Defence Force Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is missing near Miyako Island. Search operations are being conducted.
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