TOKYO — A Japanese military helicopter crashed in southwestern Japan on Monday, killing one of its two crewmembers and ripping the top floor off a house and setting it on fire, officials said. The other crewmember was missing and one resident of the house was injured slightly. The Defence Ministry said the copilot suffered heart and lung failure and was later pronounced dead, and the pilot was missing. Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said the helicopter fell nose down after losing contact with air traffic control. The crash follows a series of emergency landings and other incidents involving U.S. military aircraft on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.

Source: National Post February 05, 2018 09:22 UTC