US military helicopter makes emergency landing near Tokyo, no casualties reported

Tokyo, August 03 (HS). An American military helicopter had to make an emergency landing near Japan's capital Tokyo. There is no news of any casualties so far. The video footage of the landing of this helicopter, broadcast on Japan's ANN news channel, has been uploaded by the leading newspaper The Japan Times in its report.

The Japan Times says that according to this video footage, a US military helicopter made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture on Saturday morning. No one was injured in the landing, citing the local fire department. The helicopter took off for the US military's Atsugi Air Base at around 12:40 p.m. Officials are investigating the accident. It is not clear what caused the emergency landing, but no smoke or flames were seen coming from the plane.

According to the Japan Today newspaper, police received an emergency call at about 10:55 a.m. saying a helicopter with a Navy label had landed on a field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the U.S. base at Atsugi. According to the fire department, the helicopter, carrying 12 people, experienced engine problems en route.