Japan raises concerns over US Ospreys after crash

by Ellen Mitchell - 12/01/23 7:02 PM ET

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Japan raises concerns over US Ospreys after crash

The Pentagon on Friday sought to alleviate fears of any issue with Osprey aircraft based in Japan, but Tokyo wants answers.

Japanese officials this week expressed concerns over the U.S. military continuing to fly the aircraft in Japan without Washington providing more information about Wednesday’s fatal crash.

One airman was killed and seven others are missing after an Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed off the shore on Yakushima in southern Japan.

A large search effort for the aircraft and missing crew members is ongoing, with “air, surface, and subsurface search of water and coastline in the vicinity of Yakushima,” Air Force Special Operations Command said in a statement Friday.

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