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Eight rescued after US Navy aircraft crashes off Japan

US and Japanese ships and aircraft continuing search and rescue efforts for three missing personnel

Published Thu, Nov 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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RESCUERS plucked eight people to safety on Wednesday south of Japan after a US Navy aircraft with 11 people on board came down in the Philippine Sea, the latest accident to hit American armed forces in East Asia.

Japanese and American forces scrambled to reach the downed C2-A Greyhound aircraft in waters off the remote uninhabited Japanese reef of Okinotori.

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