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Air Force Events ·Apr 6, 2022 ·🇯🇵 Japan

Japan Ground Self-Defence Force UH-60 Black Hawk Crash

Event Report

Japan Ground Self-Defence Force
DateApril 6, 2022
Country🇯🇵 Japan
ForceJapan Ground Self-Defence Force
Location North of Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
24.77, 125.32
Aircraft UH-60 Black Hawk
Event type Crash
Change -1 active
Description

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA Black Hawk disappeared from radar on the afternoon of 6 April 2022 shortly after leaving Miyako Island on a reconnaissance flight, and debris was later found at sea. The GSDF chief of staff said ten people were aboard, including the commander of the division based in Kumamoto, according to AP. The Ground Self-Defense Force later confirmed the deaths of two crew members recovered from a seabed about 100 metres deep, and the others remained missing.

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Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter profile drawing
Profile of UH-60 Black Hawk
North of Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
North of Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan