Ive been saying that these kind of miliary accidents seem to be happening more frequently.
So I posted yesterday that they had 1 confirmed dead. There's a big difference between 1 dead, the rest rescued and 1 dead the rest missing. It's the latter, and they've been in the ocean for over a day now so it's looking like they all died. And apparently, according to an eye-witness, it exploded in mid-air and then fell into the sea, making survival even less likely. Another interesting facet is that there seems to be some controversy as to how many were on board, with the initial report saying 8, then corrected to say 6, and now, they're saying 1 dead, 7 missing. Published under an hour ago:
"Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft Thursday, officials said, the day after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission.
Tokyo says it has also asked the U.S. military to ground all Ospreys operating in Japan except for those searching for victims of the crash.
The U.S. Osprey crashed Wednesday off Japan’s southern coast,
killing at least one of the eight crew members. The cause of the crash and the status of the
seven others on board were not immediately known.
NHK quoted a Yakushima resident saying he saw the aircraft turn upside down, with fire coming from one of its engines, and then an
explosion before it fell into the sea."