Incident Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion ? ,
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Date:Thursday 7 December 2017
Time:10:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic H53 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion ?
Owner/operator:USMC ?
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:300 m from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (ROTM), Okinawa -   Japan
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A piece of parts of an aircraft, a cylinder of 7.5 cm diameter, 9.5 cm long and 213 gram of weight, fell to the roof of a nursery school which is located 300 meters from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma of USMC. No personal injuries were reported among 60 children and 11 school staff. The sound of a crash on the roof was heard just after a flyby of a CH-53 of USMC over the nursery school.

Sources:

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171207-00000034-mai-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171207-00000059-jij-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171207-00050050-yom-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171207-00000036-asahi-soci]

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Dec-2017 11:54 isamuel Added
07-Dec-2017 14:42 Iceman 29 Updated [Embed code]

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