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An FA-18 jet and a KC-130 tanker plane of the U.S. Marines collided and crashed off the western Japan cost early Thursday, with six of the seven crew members still missing as rescue and search operations continued, the Marines and the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
The FA-18 and the KC-130 from the Iwakuni base were conducting routine training when they collided some 100 kilometers south of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture at around 1:40 a.m., according to the ministry. According to U.S. media reports, there were two crew on the fighter jet and five personnel on the tanker plane.
Source: The Mainichi
