Rare: US plane window falls on Japanese school

(Baonghean.vn) - A window on an American helicopter fell onto a Japanese elementary school stadium. Fortunately, the accident caused no casualties.

The door of a US helicopter fell on a school. Photo: JIJI Press

The US military in Japan has apologized for the unfortunate incident that occurred on the morning of December 13.

“The students were in the gym when the accident happened,” said a police officer in Okinawa, a Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. “But no one was seriously injured.”

The police officer said the helicopter window that fell to the ground was about 90 cm in size.

In an interview with TBS, the mother of a student who was in physical education class at the time of the accident angrily said that “the children could have died if the door had fallen a little bit to the side.”

The US military has acknowledged the situation is “extremely serious” and has opened an investigation. “This is an unfortunate incident and we apologize for the concern this has caused,” a US military spokesman said.

Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga also spoke out, "This incident caused concern not only to those present at the school but also to the people of Okinawa and should never have happened."

This is not the first time a US helicopter has crashed in Okinawa. Two months ago, a US military helicopter caught fire in a dry field in the area. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

Chu Thanh

(According to 20 Minutes)