Japan starts emergency inspection on about 200 military training aircraft after the accident

Officials said on Thursday that the Japanese Air Force started emergency security inspections after one of its around 200 military training aircraft, when an aircraft crashed after the takeoff, officials said on Thursday. Japan crashed into a reservoir on Wednesday to carry T -4 training aircraft run by the Air Self -Defense Force, or Jasdf, and two service members, which Achie’s flying from Komaki Air Base in the central Japanese province of Achie. While the search operation for the missing aircraft and two crew members continued on Thursday, the army announced that it had started emergency inspection at all the remaining 196 of training aircraft deployed at JASDF locations across the country. Air Force head Hiroki Uchikura, Hiroki Uchikura, Air Force Chief of Staff, told reporters on Wednesday that their operation has been suspended since the accident and they would remain on the ground. The accident is the latest in a series of defense plane accidents in recent years and comes at a time when Japan is intensifying a military buildup to prevent China’s influence in the region and doubles its defense spending, expressing concern that money for weapons can be preferred on safety measures. The crashed aircraft was a 36-year-old T-4 operated by Nyutabaru Air Base in the southern province of Miazaki. It was not fitted with a voice recorder or flight data recorder, a blow for probe. Defense Minister General Nakani on Thursday announced a plan to fit the training aircraft with voice and flight data recording equipment immediately. Jasdf said on Thursday that the aircraft experienced trouble when it reached a height of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) after about a minute of the takeoff. The Kyo news agency said that air traffic control did not get any contact with the T4 aircraft about the emergency. The force stated that the aircraft was lost from the radar two minutes after departure and crashed into a reservoir called Iruka Talab, about 10 kilometers (6 mi) in the northeast of the airport. Eyewitnesses told the NHK National Broadcaster that they heard loud noise like a thunder at the time of the accident. The debris is believed to be considered to be of the aircraft, as well as the crew equipment and helmets were found near the reservoir.