US Navy plane crashes in Philippine Sea with 11 crew and passengers
TOKYO - A US Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in waters southeast of Japan's Okinawa island on Wednesday as it flew to the aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagan, the US Seventh Fleet said.
"USS Ronald Reagan is conducting search and rescue operations. The cause of the crash is not yet known," it said in a press release.
Japanese Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera told reporters the US Navy had informed him that the crash in the Philippine Sea may have been a result of engine trouble.
