Helicopter crashed and burnt out on a road bridge. Scene photo shows part of tail on river bank below bridge. All four POB received fatal injuries. Local power cuts indicate a wire strike but unclear if that was cause of accident or result of the flight altitude at the time
- Date
- November 8, 2017
- Reg
- JA9672
- Make
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS332
- MSN
- 2173
- Location
- Ueno, Gunma Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 4
- Operator
- Toho-Air-Service
- Link 1
- https://japantoday.com/category/national/4-feared-dead-after-helicopter-crash-in-Gunma
- Link 2
- https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2017/11/55feefb7e1f3-update1-4-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-village-northwest-of-tokyo.html
- Link 3
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/08/c_136737197.htm
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