On the 20th, a helicopter carrying timber crashed in Okuwa Village, Nagano Prefecture, and the pilot said that the engine stopped during the flight, according to an interview with the fire department who rescued him. I did.
On the 21st, the Japan Transport Safety Board will dispatch an investigator to the site to investigate the cause of the crash in detail.
On the afternoon of the 20th, a helicopter carrying timber crashed in the mountains of Okuwa Village, Nagano Prefecture, and a male pilot in his 50s was slightly injured by cutting his left arm in the accident.
According to the local firefighters who rescued him, the pilot went down the mountain on his own with the rescue crew, saying that "the engine stopped during the flight."
Also, according to police and the company that owns the helicopter, the helicopter is a one-seater, and it seems that helicopter fell while hovering over the mountainside to carry the timber harvested in this mountain. is.
The Japan Transport Safety Board will dispatch an investigator to the site on the 21st as an aircraft accident to investigate the cause and cause of the crash in detail.