On the 18th, in the Ariake Sea off the coast of Fukuoka Prefecture, the shadow of a small civilian aircraft disappeared from the radar and two people died. It turns out that something like an aircraft is sinking in.
On the 20th, the Japan Coast Guard will check if it is a small aircraft that three people were on.
On the afternoon of the 18th, the Self-Defense Forces reported that the aircraft's shadow had disappeared from the radar in the northern part of the Ariake Sea. Three men were found in, two of whom died.
According to the Maritime Security Headquarters, the two were Eiichi Motomura (80) from Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture and Shigetomi Mori (82) from Aso City, who were on a small aircraft departing from the "Aso Auxiliary Landing Area" in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture. ) Was confirmed.
The other is a 67-year-old man from Fukuoka City who is conscious and is being treated at a hospital.
On the 19th, the Japan Coast Guard searched while towing a device called sonar on a patrol boat, and found that something like an aircraft was sunk on the seabed near where the three people were rescued.
On the 20th, the Japan Coast Guard will check if this kind of aircraft is a small aircraft with three people on board.