Thursday, October 30, 2008

Military Cessna crashes in Okinawa Sugar Cane Field


Stars and Stripes
  • Cessna 'crash' draws complaint
    Pacific edition, Thursday, October 30, 2008
    Nago major says U.S. interfered with probe; flights are suspended
    By Natasha Lee and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
    CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Nago mayor filed a complaint Tuesday with the top U.S. military leader on the island, saying military police interfered with an investigation after a Cessna piloted by Americans made an emergency landing Friday night near a sugar cane field. continued ...

Kyodo
  • Okinawa assembly raps U.S. military for seizing crash-landed plane
    Oct 27 04:25 AM US/Eastern
    NAHA, Japan, Oct. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Members of the Okinawa prefectural assembly rapped the U.S. military on Monday for seizing a light plane that crash-landed in a sugarcane field before an investigation by local police, citing a bilateral agreement protecting U.S. military personnel and facilities. continued ...

Aero-News.Net

Associated Press
  • US airman injured in Japan plane accident
    Sat Oct 25, 4:41 am ET
    TOKYO – A small plane carrying four U.S. airmen burst into flames after an emergency landing on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, leaving its pilot with minor injuries, officials said Saturday. continued ...