An elderly couple from this southwest Japan city has donated a high-tech ambulance to the city's fire department to "return ...

Three people have died after a medical transport helicopter carrying a patient plunged into the sea in southwestern Japan. The Japanese coast guard said six people were on board what the Japanese call ...

The Japan coast guard says a medical transport helicopter carrying a patient fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, leaving three of the six people aboard dead ...

TOKYO — A medical transport helicopter fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, killing the patient and two other people, the Japan coast guard said. The pilot, Hiroshi Hamada, 66; Kazuto ...

TOKYO (AP) — A medical transport helicopter carrying a patient fell into the sea in southwestern Japan Sunday, leaving three of the six people aboard dead, the Japan coast guard said.

The bodies of medical doctor, Kei Arakawa, 34; Mitsuki Motoishi, 86, the patient, and her caretaker Kazuyoshi Motoishi, 68, were later recovered by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter.

NHK has learned that the pilot of the helicopter air ambulance involved in a fatal accident reportedly said that he heard an ...

An ambulance helicopter crashed Monday southwestern Japan, killing three people, the country's coast guard said. The patient and two other people lost their lives when the medical transport ...

TOKYO (AP) — A medical transport helicopter carrying a patient fell into the sea in southwestern Japan Sunday, leaving three of the six people aboard missing, the Japan Coast Guard said.

The Japanese coast guard said six people were on board what the Japanese call “a doctor helicopter” when the crash occurred on Sunday. The aircraft had been travelling to a hospital in Fukuoka ...