One dead and seven missing after two Japanese navy helicopters crash into the ocean

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Two Japanese navy helicopters have crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a night-time training flight after a possible mid-air collision, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board. One body has been recovered from the water and was later pronounced dead, while a search operation is under way for the seven others still missing. The two SH-60K patrol aircraft, each carrying four crew members, lost contact near Torishima island, about 370 miles (600km) south of Tokyo, late on Saturday. Image: One of the helicopters was based in Nagasaki. Pic: AP The cause of the crash is being...