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Military Helicopter Crashes in Residential Area in South Japan, 1 Killed (VIDEO)

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Military Helicopter Crashes in Residential Area in South Japan, 1 Killed (VIDEO)

08:34 GMT 05.02.2018 (Updated: 10:20 GMT 05.02.2018)

© AFP 2023 / KIYOSHI OTA(File) An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter fires during a fire military exercise at the Higashi-Fuji training range near Mt. Fuji in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture on August 23, 2011

(File) An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter fires during a fire military exercise at the Higashi-Fuji training range near Mt. Fuji in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture on August 23, 2011 - Sputnik International

The reason for the crash hasn't been immediately clear.

At least one person died after a Japanese military Apache helicopter crashed in a residential area in Saga, southern Japan, setting at least one house on fire, NHK broadcaster reported Monday.

According to the media, two people were aboard the chopper, while one of them was suffering from hear and pulmonary arrest.

"A Self-Defence Force helicopter crash-landed on a residential area. A house has caught fire," local government official Katsuhide Tanaka told AFP news agency.

The reason for the crash hasn't been officially reported yet.

自衛隊ヘリ墜落https://t.co/8nomoGi5ns pic.twitter.com/OXjhNsgJzu
— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) 5 февраля 2018 г.