TOKYO: A US military Osprey aircraft crashed into the ocean near Japan’s Yakushima island today with eight people on board, Japan’s coast guard said.
A spokesman for the coast guard said it had no further details of the incident including the safety of those onboard.
The crash happened at around 2.47pm local time, with local residents reporting the aircraft had fire blowing from its left engine as it fell into the sea, Japanese broadcaster MBC reported.
A spokesman for US forces in Japan did not immediately have comment.