Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Missing helicopter on Mt. Aso

Japan Transport Safety Board officer Keisuke Tanoue meets the press in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2026, after a sightseeing helicopter went missing in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso on Jan. 20.

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