2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.

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