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A U.S. military aircraft with eight people onboard crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday, with fishermen reporting three people had been found but that their condition was unknown.
The coast guard said it had sent patrol boats and aircraft to the area where the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey crashed off the island of Yakushima.
Fishing boats in the area found three people in the surrounding waters, a representative of a local fisheries cooperative said.
The crash occurred near the island's airport, where another Osprey successfully landed on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesperson for the prefecture government said.
U.S. forces in the region were still gathering information, a spokesperson said.
The crash happened just before 3 p.m. local time, with witnesses saying the aircraft's left engine appeared to be on fire as it descended, media reported.
The aircraft disappeared from radar at 2:40 p.m., Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said.
The plane, which can fly like a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, is operated by the U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy and the Japan Self-Defense Forces.