Last Updated Dec 5, 2018 8:08 PM EST
Two military aircraft crashed early Thursday while refueling in the air during a training mission off the coast of Japan, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) said Wednesday. Japanese search and rescue aircraft were immediately deployed and rescued at least one Marine, who is in stable condition.
A F/A-18 fighter jet with two people on board and a KC-130 tanker aircraft with five on board were involved in the incident about 200 miles off Iwakuni, Japan. There was no immediate word on the condition of the rescued Marine or the others on board when the collision occurred. Both aircraft are reported to have crashed into the water.
The aircraft involved had launched from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni — west of Hiroshima — and were conducting regularly scheduled training.
The Associated Press points out the recent crash comes after an incident where a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet from aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crashed into the sea southwest of Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.
Another incident happened in mid-October, AP reports, when a MH-60 Seahawk — also from the Ronald Reagan — crashed off the Phillippine Sea moments after takeoff.
No deaths were reported in those two accidents.
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