“We are concerned about the continuing Osprey flights despite our repeated requests and the absence of a sufficient explanation about their safety,” chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said, as reported by the Associated Press.Ĭhief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that the Osprey aircraft had disappeared from radar around noon, just before the coast guard was informed of the accident. military to pause all Osprey flights in Japan after the crash, leading to concern from another official Friday that this hadn’t happened.

Now, two passengers remain unaccounted for.ĭenny Tamaki, the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, said he asked the U.S.

Initially authorities only recovered one of the deceased. Air Force Yokota Air Base crashed near the island of Kyush on Nov. The identities of the passengers found Monday have not been released yet, but the aircraft was originally carrying eight people when the CV-22 Osprey from the U.S. On Monday, search and rescue teams located five other deceased crew members near the main fuselage of the aircraft wreckage. military Osprey aircraft when it crashed off Japan’s coast last week. Japanese and United States search teams have located the remains of five additional crew members that were in a U.S.

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