Seven people are still missing and one individual has been found dead after a U.S. Air Force Osprey crashed off the shore of Yakushima, Japan, during a training mission on Nov. 29, officials have confirmed.
The Air Force Special Operations Command said in a Dec. 1 statement that the U.S. military, the Japan Coast Guard, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, local law enforcement, and Japanese civilian volunteers are currently searching for the remaining individuals who were onboard the Air Force CV-22B Osprey.
Search and rescue operations consist of a combination of air, surface, and subsurface search of water and coastline in the vicinity of Yakushima, an island roughly 45 miles south of the Kagoshima region on the southern main island of Kyushu, officials said.
Eight people were on board the Air Force CV-22B Osprey, which was assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing and conducting a “routine training mission” at the time it crashed into the sea.
The aircraft departed the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in…
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