MSDF helicopter crashes into sea off Aomori

MSDF helicopter crashes into sea off Aomori

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 15, 2012, shows the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Matsuyuki in Mutsu Bay in Aomori Prefecture. An MSDF patrol helicopter with seven crew members aboard crashed into the bay the same day after hitting the destroyer, leaving the captain of the aircraft missing.

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