Debris recovered from Japanese military helicopter; crew still missing


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1/2 Japan's Coast Guard said it found debris from a helicopter that went missing with a crew of 10 people on Thursday. Photo by Japan Coast Guard 11th Regional Headquarters/EPA-EFE April 7 (UPI) -- The Japan Coast Guard pulled debris and a lifeboat from the sea between Okinawa and Taiwan on Friday apparently from a Self Defense Force helicopter that disappeared the previous day, but the crew of 10 remain unaccounted for. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-made UH-60JA multipurpose helicopter vanished from radar Thursday afternoon 10 minutes into a 75-minute flight from a base on Miyako Island and had been communicating...