Seven still missing after US Osprey crash off Japan – Courthouse News Service
TOKYO (AFP) — Japan’s coast guard said a major search operation failed again Friday to locate the main wreckage of an Osprey U.S. military aircraft or the seven airmen still missing.
The tilt-rotor CV-22B Osprey crashed on Wednesday off the island of Yakushima with eight on board, in the latest mishap involving the versatile aircraft.
One man was found and later declared dead the same day, but the coastguard said as darkness fell Friday that the other seven remained unaccounted for despite a massive search.
It said in a statement that a dive search was conducted after an unidentified object was detected by sonar but that “no clues were found regarding the missing people. We have no other new information on them.”
On Thursday, divers investigated other unidentified objects found by sonar in waters around 100 feet deep that turned out to be rocks.
“Seven Airmen are in DUSTWUN status meaning ‘duty status-whereabouts unknown’. At this time, we can confirm one set of remains has been…
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