Japan Helicopter Crashed: Japan Coast Guard said that on Sunday (April 6), a medical transport helicopter crashed on the banks of the southwest Japan. Three people, including a patient, died in the accident, while three others were rescued. The helicopter took off from an airport in Nagasaki province. There was an elderly patient in the helicopter, who was to be taken to a hospital in Fukuoka.

After the incident, a large -scale search and rescue operations were carried out with the help of two coast guard planes and three patrol ships. According to officials, Dr. Kei Arakawa (34) patient Mitsuki Motoishi (86) and Kajyoshi Motoishi (68), who took care of the patient, died in the accident.

Three other people survived the accident. He was identified as pilot Hiroshi Hamada, helicopter mechanic Kajuto Yoshitake and 28 -year -old nurse Sakura Kunitke. An official told the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that the coast guard found him sticking to the inflatable lifestyle in the sea. Although all three were suffering from hypothermia, they were conscious at the time of rescue.

an Air Ambulance Helicopter Carrying a Doctor and a Patient Disappeared East of Tsushima Island. The helicopter was laater discovered overturned on the Sea Surface Near IKI island, with its inflatable floats deployed. Three of the Six People Onboard – The Pilot, A Mechanic, and… pic.twitter.com/pajdlvt6MD

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Japan’s doctor helicopter program
Japan’s doctor helicopter program is an air ambulance network, which works immediately to the patients requiring immediate medical help to the hospital. Its job is to provide medical help in remote areas. These are useful at a time where it is difficult to reach the nearest hospital through the road.