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US helicopter crash-lands in eastern Japan

Updated: 2013-12-16 17:24
( Xinhua)

TOKYO -- A US military helicopter carrying four people crash-landed in a coastal city south of Tokyo on Monday afternoon, with two of its crew injured, local media reported.

A man called the police at about 3:30 pm local time saying that a helicopter landed in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which didn' t burst into flames, the Kanagawa prefectural police said.

There were no reports of further injuries in the surrounding area. The reason why the helicopter made an emergency landing is not clear by now.

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