The United States Forces in Japan announced today the discovery of submerged remains of the Osprey military aircraft and its crew following the accident last Wednesday, November 29, in Japanese waters with eight people on board.
The Special Operations Command of the United States Air Force indicated that underwater search operations have managed to locate the remains of five crew members, which add to the lifeless body found hours after the accident, the only one so far identified.
Divers from the US forces and Japanese teams also participating in the search tasks continue trying to locate the remains of the other two crew members of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft that crashed in waters off the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima (southwest) on November 29.
The identities of the latest victims found have not yet been confirmed, according to a statement from the US command, which continues with the tasks to recover the remains found.
The Japanese authorities have recovered various pieces of the aircraft after the accident and have handed them over to the US forces, which for the moment have not determined the causes of the event.
The Osprey, which was assigned to the Yokota base (west of Tokyo), was transporting personnel to the Kadena facilities (southwest Japan) at the time of the accident, the first fatality with an aircraft of this type that has taken place in Japan.
