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| Date: | Friday 20 January 2017 |
| Time: | 19:40 LT |
| Type: |  Bell AH-1Z Viper |
| Owner/operator: | US Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 168799 |
| MSN: | 59039 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Ikei-jima island, Uruma city, Okinawa prefecture -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (ROTM) |
Precaution landing on a farm road due to a problem on the transmission. No injuries were reported. Inspection was carried out from 7 a.m. next day (21st January), and the Viper left the site at 11:15 to return to Futenma.
Sources:
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00000120-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00000172-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00000100-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00050100-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170121-00000001-jij-soci
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000092614.html]
http://web.archive.org/web/20170124110649/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170121/k10010847451000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_006
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170121-00000039-mai-soci
http://web.archive.org/web/20170124003552/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170121/k10010847811000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_016
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/01/21/07352102.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2017 13:49 | isamuel | Added |
| 20-Jan-2017 20:01 | isamuel | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2017 07:54 | isamuel | Updated [Registration, Source, Damage, ] |
| 21-Jan-2017 13:02 | isamuel | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2017 15:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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