U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

A U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter made an emergency landing near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island on Wednesday due to fire that broke out when the chopper was in the sky, the U.S. Marines said.The chopper belonging to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the southern Japan prefecture burst into flames on grazing land near the Northern Training Area after making the landing at around 5:20 p.m., reigniting safety concerns about the U.S. military presence in the prefecture. The site in Higashi village was only several hundred meters away from a residen…READ FULL ARTICLE