TOKYO (Reuters) – A Self-Defence Force training aircraft crashed after taking off from a military base in central Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing multiple defence ministry officials, reported that the aircraft was carrying two people on board when it disappeared from radar while flying near Inuyama City in Aichi Prefecture.
Shortly after 3 p.m. (0600 GMT), the local fire department received a call reporting that something resembling an aircraft had crashed into a pond in Inuyama, according to NHK.
(Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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