Updated On: 07 April, 2023 03:13 PM IST | Tokyo | AP
The UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter disappeared Thursday afternoon while on a reconnaissance mission in Japan`s southern islands, according to the head of the Ground Self Defense Force, Yasunori Morishita

Japan`s Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada holds a press conference about a missing Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter, in Tokyo on April 7, 2023. Pic/AFP
An unused lifeboat, a door and other fragments believed to be from a Japanese army helicopter were found after the Black Hawk carrying 10 crew members was presumed to have crashed at sea, officials said Friday.
Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada, apparently struggling to hold back tears, told reporters that none of the missing crew members have been found as the search continued Friday.