Tokyo, Japan (AFP)—-A Japanese air force plane with six people aboard went missing on Wednesday, the defense ministry announced, and a search was under way in mountainous terrain.
The U-125 aircraft left a base in Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu island in southwestern Japan in the early afternoon, said Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, head of the Air Self-Defense Force.
The small jet “disappeared from the radar,” Sugiyama told a press briefing.
Public broadcaster NHK showed footage of helicopters searching forest-covered mountains for the aircraft, while military and emergency vehicles rushed toward the area.
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