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2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash
The UH-60JA aircraft that was involved in this incident, photographed in 2009.
Accident
Date
April 6, 2023 (2023-04-06)
Summary
Helicopter crash, under investigation
Site
Off the coast of Miyako-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Mitsubishi UH-60JA
Operator
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)
Registration
JG-3106
Flight origin
JASDF Miyakojima Sub Base
Destination
JASDF Miyakojima Sub Base
Crew
10
Fatalities
10
Injuries
0
Missing
0
Survivors
0
The 2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash was an aircraft accident that occurred on April 6, 2023, when a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi UH-60JA helicopter carrying 10 people, including the commander of the 8th Division, LTG Yuichi Sakamoto, went missing off the coast of Miyako-jima in Okinawa, Japan.[1][2][3]
The helicopter, which belonged to the 8th Aviation Squadron of the 8th Division, departed the Miyakojima Sub Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to conduct terrain reconnaissance of the island, with Lt. Gen. Sakamoto and Col. Masaichi Iyoda, commander of JGSDF Camp Miyakojima, among the 10 personnel on board.[4] The helicopter vanished from radar at about 18 km (approx. 11 miles) northwest, just two minutes after making contact with air traffic control at Shimojishima Airport.[5]
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^"陸自ヘリ不明「航空事故」 師団長ら10人搭乗、偵察訓練中 宮古島周辺". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. 2023-04-06. Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
^"10人乗せ消息絶った陸自ヘリ、坂本雄一師団長ら幹部自衛官が8人…2分前に管制と交信". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. 2023-04-07. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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