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00:00 The country's defense minister said on Sunday that two Japanese Navy helicopters with eight
00:07 crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo in a nighttime flight training
00:13 session.
00:14 Authorities suspect that the two helicopters might have collided with each other.
00:19 One crew member who had been recovered from the waters was later pronounced dead, while
00:24 rescuers searched for seven others who are still missing.
00:27 Meanwhile, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that the two SH-60K helicopters from
00:34 the Maritime Self-Defense Force were carrying four crew members each.
00:39 They lost contact near Toreshima Island, approximately 600 kilometers south of Tokyo, on Saturday.
00:47 The cause of the crash has not been made immediately clear, but authorities believe that the two
00:52 aircraft may have collided with each other before crashing into the waters below.
00:57 The Defense Ministry is now set to temporarily suspend training flights for all SH-60 helicopters.
01:05 Rescuers have recovered a flight data recorder, a blade from each helicopter, as well as some
01:10 fragments believed to be from both choppers in the same area.
01:15 They believe this may indicate that the two aircraft were flying too close to each other.
01:20 Officials are now set to analyze the flight data in a bid to determine what caused the
01:25 crash.
01:26 Search and rescue efforts for the missing crew were expanded on Sunday with the MSDF
01:31 and Air Self-Defense Force deploying 12 warships and seven aircraft.
01:37 They were joined by Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats and aircraft.
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