News Source: United Press International
| 2 months ago
A helicopter crashed into a mountain in central Japan Friday while attempting to rescue a climber who had collapsed, police said. The Kyodo news agency reported all three people on board the helicopter were killed when the Gifu Prefecture fire...
News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| 2 months ago
The helicopter's rotors apparently hit the mountainside and it fell 400 metres into a ravine in Takayama, some 240 km west of Tokyo, said Gifu Prefecture spokeswoman Yukiko Ozeki. The aircraft was sent to save a climber who had collapsed at a height...