Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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