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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a fatal US Air Force crash of the aircraft

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into waters off the southern coast during a training mission, reports said Thursday.

Kyodo new agency says a senior Defense Ministry official, Taro Yamato, told a parliamentary hearing that Japan plans to suspend flights of Ospreys for the time being.

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