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Date:	Sunday 6 April 2025
Time:	c 13:47
Type:	Eurocopter EC135 T2+
Owner/operator:	SGC Saga Aviation opf Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital
Registration:	JA555H
MSN:	1092
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	47 km north off Iki island, Nagasaki prefecture -    Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:	Tsushima Airport (TSJ/RJDT)
Destination airport:	Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
An air ambulance helicopter went missing east of Tsushima island. The helicopter was found floating inverted on the sea surface 47 km north off Iki island with inflated floats. Three of six occupants, a pilot, a mechanic and a nurse were found clinging to the floats and were rescued three hours later. The other three occupants, a patient, her son and a doctor were found trapped in the cabin, but they were confirmed dead on arrival at the Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital. The pilot reported that he inflated the emergency floats manually before ditching. No distress signals were received.