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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
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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.
Sources:
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)
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Revision history:
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] |