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The JS Kaga is an Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer initially designed to accommodate up to 28 military helicopters.. The vessel measures just over 800 feet and weighs 24,000 tons — far ...
Possibly shot down by Angolan Air Force. [191] July 3, 1998: Aero L-39 Albatross: 2: Unknown Northern Michigan Pilot and co-pilot went missing from radar while doing a preparation flight before the National Cherry Festival Air Show. Despite a search area of 1,900 square miles (4900 km 2), no evidence of the plane or pilots has ever been found ...
One rescued crew member has died and seven others are still missing after two Japanese military helicopters appeared to have crashed during a drill late Saturday, Japan’s Defense Minister Minoru ...
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II in flight. Operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family began in 1995 with the Joint Strike Fighter program.Since its first flight in 2006, the aircraft has faced substantial controversy, shortages in its research and development supply, [1] and safety concerns due to incidents. [2]
At 6:35 p.m. the flight engineer responded to multiple (hitherto unanswered) calls from Japan Air Tokyo via the SELCAL (selective-calling) system. Having just been informed about the inoperative oxygen masks, the flight engineer voiced the (erroneous) assumption that the R-5 door was broken and informed the company that they were making an ...
Officials believe the two helicopters likely came too close and collided, Kihara said. The flight data recorders from the two aircraft were found close together, along with a blade from each helicopter, a number of helmets and fragments believed to be from both aircraft — signs the two SH-60Ks crashed almost at the same spot, officials said.
The helicopter corridor in use at the time carried an altitude restriction of 200 feet, the NTSB said. The update is more in line with data from one of the airline’s so-called black boxes.
The 2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash was an aircraft accident that occurred on April 6, 2023, when a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi UH-60JA helicopter carrying 10 people, including the commander of the 8th Division, LTG Yuichi Sakamoto, went missing off the coast of Miyako-jima in Okinawa, Japan. [1] [2] [3]