Crashed copter parts found as Japan hunts for missing troops


TOKYO: Rescuers in Japan have found more parts of a military helicopter a day after it disappeared from radar with 10 people on board, the coastguard said.

Two pilots, two mechanics and six crew members were on board the UH-60JA when it went missing shortly before 4pm local time on Thursday as it flew above waters off Miyako island in southern Okinawa.

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