MSDF Helicopter Down

News article here.

A Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol helicopter with seven crew members on board crashed into the sea off Aomori Prefecture on Sunday after hitting a destroyer, leaving the captain of the aircraft missing.

Six other crew members were rescued and listed as being in not life-threatening conditions, the MSDF said, adding it and the Japan Coast Guard are searching for the 37-year-old captain, Lt. Cmdr. Masahiko Miyanaga.

The crash occurred around 11:05 a.m. in Mutsu Bay when the SH-60 helicopter hit the portside of the MSDF destroyer Matsuyuki, according to the MSDF. The chopper had left its base in Mutsu in the prefecture earlier in the morning to see off an MSDF training fleet, including the Matsuyuki.

I think it is interesting the news is reporting the name of the missing pilot so quickly. This incident is being described as a training accident.