Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 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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  • 2023/5/02 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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