US Air Force aircraft crashed today with eight people on board off the coast of Yakushimasouthwest of Japan, as reported today by Japanese authorities who confirmed the death of one of the crew members.

The Coast Guard was notified at 2:47 p.m. local time this Wednesday of an incident involving an aircraft that This happened in the waters of the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima. as explained by the EFE representative.

It was a plane Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey there were eight crew members on board. Japanese authorities They confirmed the discovery of the lifeless body of one of them, in addition to the wreckage of the plane.

Three other passengers from the plane were also found. vessels participating in the search device, although their status is currently unknown, local media reported.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense “gave ordersmake every effort to save the victims together with the coast guard,” said Japanese Coast Guard Deputy Minister Hiroyuki Miyazawa, who also noted that the causes of the disaster were being investigated jointly with the US Army.

Eyewitnesses quoted by state broadcaster NHK said that The plane caught fire in flight and exploded in the air. before falling into the sea.

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A search and rescue apparatus is operating in the area. 6 ships and 2 helicopters of the Japanese Coast Guard. and 5 more boats from local fishing cooperatives.

The plane took off before the crash from the US base in Iwakuni, in Yamaguchi Prefecture (west) and was heading to the Kadena base in the Okinawa archipelago (southwest), where most of the US military installations in Japan are concentrated.

(EFE)