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The JMSDF chose S-70B as the successor to the Mitsubishi HSS-2B Sea King (a licence-built version of the Sikorsky Sea King). When the SH-X (later SH-60J) project started, it was immediately after HSS-2B was put into service, so initially it was planned to integrate a mission system of HSS-2B with a bare aircraft of SH-60B, but finally a system newly developed by the TRDI was adopted.
In 2017, a Japanese navy SH-60J, an earlier generation Seahawk, crashed during nighttime training due to human error, killing three crew. In July 2021, two SH-60s had a minor collision off the southern island of Amami Oshima, with both suffering blade damage, but causing no injuries.
This article presents a list of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year. Deaths are currently defined by those who die within 30 days of the date of the accident, but 1980 and before are one-day accident deaths. Fatalities reached a record high in 1970. The Index base year is 1989. (Index=100)
Japan SAR / Transport 6 [8] Super King Air: United States Utility: 90: 5 [8] Helicopters; AgustaWestland AW101: Italy / United Kingdom: Minesweeper / Transport MCH-101 12 [8] 1 on order, more will be produced [9] Mitsubishi H-60: Japan / United States SAR SH-60J 10 [10] ASW SH-60K 73 [10] ASW SH-60L 12 on order [11] Improved version of SH-60K ...
In the U.S., a fatal crash of a MH-60S Seahawk during training off California in 2021 was attributed to mechanical failure from unsuspected damage during maintenance, according to the Navy. Japan’s NHK public television said no weather advisories were issued in the area at the time of Saturday’s crash. 04/21/2024 04:03 -0400
The two SH-60 patrol helicopters were conducting anti-submarine exercises on Saturday night near Torishima in the remote Izu island group, off the southern coast of central Japan. Defense Minister ...
Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters, the country's defense minister ...
3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters The Haruna -class destroyer was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the early 1970s. These helicopter carrying destroyers (DDH) were built around a large central hangar which housed up to three helicopters.