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A US military aircraft with six people on board crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday, killing at least one crew member according to the Japanese coastguard.
The condition of at least two hauled from waters was unclear.
Japan’s coastguard said what appeared to be wreckage from the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey and one “non-responsive” person had been found some 3km from Yakushima island.
Fishing boats in the area found three people in the surrounding waters, a representative of a local fisheries cooperative said, adding their condition was unknown.
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Earlier reports claimed there were eight crew members aboard the aircraft, but that has since been revised to six.
Another Osprey landed safely at the island’s airport on Wednesday afternoon around the time of the crash, a spokesperson for the local government said.
US forces in the region were still gathering information, a spokesperson said.
The United States, which pledged to defend Japan after its defeat in World War II, has about 54,000 US troops in the country, many in the strategically important southern island chain, amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the South China Sea.

The crash happened just before 3pm with witnesses saying the aircraft’s left engine appeared to be on fire as it descended, media reported.
Japan, which also operates Osprey aircraft, said on Wednesday it had no plans to ground the aircraft but had asked the US military to investigate the crash.
Developed jointly by Boeing and Bell Helicopter, the Osprey can fly both like a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft and is operated by the US Marines, US Navy and the Japan Self Defense Forces.
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The deployment of the Osprey in Japan has been controversial, with critics saying it is prone to accidents. The US military and Japan say it is safe.
The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years.
In August, a US Osprey crashed off the coast of northern Australia while transporting troops during a routine military exercise, killing three US Marines.
Another crash-landed in the ocean off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa in December 2016, prompting a temporary US military grounding of the aircraft.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


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The aircraft, with six people on board, disappeared from radar just before 3pm local time, Japanese authorities said
The Osprey aircraft which can operate like a helicopter or fixed-wing plane, was also involved in a crash in August that killed three people in Australia


The Osprey aircraft which can operate like a helicopter or fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes recently, including an accident in August that killed three people in Australia.


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US military Osprey crashes in sea off Japan, killing at least 1, in latest accident involving the aircraft

The aircraft, with six people on board, disappeared from radar just before 3pm local time, Japanese authorities said The Osprey aircraft which can operate like a helicopter or fixed-wing plane, was also involved in a crash in August that killed three people in Australia

The aircraft, with six people on board, disappeared from radar just before 3pm local time, Japanese authorities said

The Osprey aircraft which can operate like a helicopter or fixed-wing plane, was also involved in a crash in August that killed three people in Australia