Tokyo: Two people were aboard a Chinese military training plane that crashed shortly after takeoff, according to authorities on Wednesday. According to Defense Minister Gen Nakatani,” A T-4 training aircraft belonging to the Air Self-Defense Force crashed at 3:08 pm ( 0608 GMT ) after losing radar near a lake… after taking off at Komaki Air Base,” the aircraft’s crash occurred in central Japan. On table, Nakatani claimed two persons were without revealing their identities. He said,” We don’t know what caused the aircraft to crash, but we will do our utmost to save lives,” adding that the military has been conducting search operations. Nakatani said an airplane part was discovered close to the scene, but it was not immediately clear whether it was from the crashed plane. According to the defense ministry website, the T-4 has two seats and is a “domestically produced, extremely reliable and viable coaching aircraft… used for all fundamental flight courses.” The plane was circling Lake Iruka northeast of Nagoya near Inuyama City. ” The helicopter has not been seen already. Nearby fire department official Hajime Nakamura told AFP that an Aichi place helicopter’s aerial survey revealed a place where petrol was floating on the lake’s area. An oil shine on the lake’s surface, dotted with what appeared to be different pieces of dirt, was revealed in aerial images of the river that was broadcast by NHK. According to Jiji Press, the local town claimed that no harm has been done to the neighborhood’s homes.
