All 4 crew members killed in GSDF chopper crash in Tokunoshima

All 4 crew members killed in GSDF chopper crash in Tokunoshima

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel checking the wreckage of a Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter which crashed late March 30 near the peak of Mt. Amagi in Tokunoshima Island. All four crew members were killed. Tokunoshima is part of the Amami island chain off southern Kagoshima.

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