Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Investigators believed to be from the Okinawa prefectural police look at a CH-53E helicopter stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southwestern Japanese prefecture on Dec. 14, 2017. A metal-framed window weighing almost 8 kilograms fell from an aircraft onto the sports ground of a nearby elementary school the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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