One person is dead -- and seven others missing, after two Japanese navy helicopters are believed to have crashed into the sea, during a training exercise
	One person is dead -- and seven others missing, after two Japanese navy helicopters are believed to have crashed into the sea, during a training exercise
    
	
    
	
	21 April 2024 
		
		
        
	
Local media reports they were conducting anti-submarine exercises near Torishima, off the southern coast of central Japan.
Both flight recorders had been recovered, but the search for the missing crew continues.
Japan's Defence Minister says it's likely the two choppers had collided.
	
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