Helicopter salvaged after crash off Aomori

Helicopter salvaged after crash off Aomori

OMA, Japan - A helicopter that crashed July 6 in the Tsugaru Strait off Oma, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, is salvaged July 10 for an investigation into the cause of the accident. The four people aboard went missing in the accident and the body of one of them -- Hiromitsu Kikuchi, 43, the copilot -- was recovered July 9 by divers from inside the wreckage.

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