Salvage crews have recovered a section of a Japanese military helicopter that crashed into the East China Sea last month with 10 aboard, including a lieutenant general.
The body of a Japanese lieutenant general who died when his helicopter went down in the East China Sea nearly three weeks ago has been recovered and identified.
Japan’s army identified two officers Thursday whose remains were recovered from the wreckage of a military helicopter that crashed into the East China Sea earlier this month with 10 aboard, including a division commander.
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.