Japan's MSDF begins operation to retrieve sunken helicopter

Japan's MSDF begins operation to retrieve sunken helicopter

AKITA, Japan, Oct. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken on Oct. 26, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force operation underway to retrieve a helicopter that sank in the sea after crashing off Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in August in an accident that left three of the four crew members missing, believed dead.

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