RESCUERS found five more bodies underwater and what appears to be the main part of a US military Osprey aircraft that crashed last week as search operations to find the remaining missing crew continue.
The US Air Force CV-22B Osprey crashed during a training mission off the country’s Southern Coast on Wednesday.
At least one of the eight crew members have been declared dead during the initial phase of the search and rescue mission.
Five more bodies including some pieces of the wreckage of the tilt-rotor aircraft have been recovered on Monday, December 4.
The latest accident could bring the total number of Osprey fatalities to 60 since the aircraft recorded its first flight in 1992.
The incident urged the Japanese government to stop the operations of all non-emergency Osprey flights over its territory and asked the US military to do the same.
Despite rising safety concerns, the Pentagon has only suspended the operations of the Osprey variant involved in the crash, while other models continued to fly in Japan.
This is the first fatal accident in Japan linked to the aircraft.
The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
