U.S. Air Force Osprey Crashes in Southern Japan With 8 on Board

A U.S. military aircraft crashed near a small island off the coast of southern Japan on Wednesday with eight people onboard. The craft, a CV-22 Osprey operated by the U.S. Air Force, crashed close to 3 p.m. near Yakushima, according to a spokesman for Japan’s Coast Guard, which is conducting a rescue operation. The crash …