At Least One Dead After U.S Military Osprey Crashes Off the Coast of Japan
At least one person was killed in an Osprey aircraft crash into the sea near Japan on Wednesday morning. The crash happened near the island of Yakushima in the southern part of Japan near Kagoshima.
The Coast Guard thought eight people were on the plane but confirmed it was six.
TOKYO — At least one person has died after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft with six people on board crashed into the sea near an island off southern Japan on Wednesday morning, officials said.
A regional coast guard spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that the plane crashed into the ocean near Yakushima, an island about 45 miles south of the Kagoshima region on the southern main island of Kyushu.
