7 downed airmen’s locations unknown days after Osprey crash near Japan
By Rachel S. Cohen, Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press and Tara Copp, AP
Dec 1, 12:19 PM
crashed off Yakushima, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, Dec. 1, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)
Seven U.S. troops remained missing Friday amid a massive search-and-rescue effort to recover airmen whose CV-22 Osprey aircraft went down off the coast of Japan on Wednesday.
The remains of one airman from the eight-person crew has been recovered, the Air Force confirmed in a news release early Friday morning. The military has declared the remaining airmen in “DUSTWUN” status, or “duty status — whereabouts unknown.”
Several military and civilian search-and-rescue units are scouring the water and coastline around the island of Yakushima, Japan, where the tiltrotor Osprey crashed during a training mission, the Air Force said. The cause of the mishap remains unknown.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/12/01/7-downed-airmens-locations-unknown-days-after-osprey-crash-near-japan/
