Date:	15-APR-2012
Time:	11:05 LT
Type:	Mitsubishi/Sikorsky SH-60J Seahawk
Owner/operator:	Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF)
Registration:	8279
C/n / msn:	1208
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A Mitsubishi/Sikorsky SH-60J Seahawk helicopter of JMSDF 25 Kokutai crashed into Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture. The helicopter crashed into the bay after hitting the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Matsuyuki.

One occupant is missing and the other six survived. The body of the pilot was found on Monday 16 April 2012 on the seabed near the wrecked aircraft.

http://www.9abc.net/index.php/archives/76439
http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2012/04/152892.html
https://www.shine.cn/archive/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=64223

http://img.flyteam.jp/img/photo/000/115/988/japan-maritime-self-defense-force-8279-HHE-115988_img_640_213.jpg (photo, credit: flyteam.jp)
Scramble

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Apr-2012 05:42	gerard57	Added
15-Apr-2012 06:24	gerard57	Updated [Aircraft type]
15-Apr-2012 07:02	gerard57	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Apr-2012 07:54	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
15-Apr-2012 11:13	RobertMB	Updated [Narrative]
15-Apr-2012 13:56	TB	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative]
16-Apr-2012 00:49	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
14-Mar-2020 12:55	harro	Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]