Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has failed to determine the cause of engine trouble that resulted in one of its helicopter crashing in waters off the southern prefecture of Okinawa in April last year, Defense Ministry sources say.
A major part of the wreckage of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing in early April was hauled from the seabed Tuesday by a salvage company, a government source sats.
The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force said on April 21 that the commander of the 8th Division, Yuichi Sakamoto, was confirmed to have been among the bodies recovered from the seabed following a recent helicopter crash in waters off Okinawa.
The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force says the head of its security unit based in Miyako Island, southwestern Japan, was among those who went missing following a helicopter crash in waters off Okinawa earlier this month.
The confirmed death toll has risen to four in the disappearance of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter following the recovery of two more bodies during a search for the missing in waters off Okinawa, the Ground Self-Defense Force says.