Japan's Defense Ministry said at least one crew member was confirmed dead after an accident late on Saturday.
Japan's navy continued its search on Monday for the whereabouts of seven crew members, who are feared dead after their helicopters crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime anti-submarine drill.Minoru Kihara, the Japanese defense minister, told a press conference that flight recorders recovered from the two crashed choppers showed no indication of mechanical issues, suggesting pilot error.
Japan's air and ground forces each operate their own variants of the twin-engine aircraft.Japan's Kyodo news agency aired footage on Sunday that showed the Japanese navy's Maya-class guided-missile destroyer JS Haguro taking part in the search in the waters east of Torishima.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday called the incident 'a matter of greatest regret.'Adm.
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