A sightseeing helicopter that went missing with three people on board was found to have crashed near Mount Aso, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, according to the country’s transport ministry.
Search and rescue is still on for the people who were on board: a Japanese pilot in his 60s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in her 30s. The man and the woman are believed to be Taiwanese nationals, Kyodo News reported.