Japan ground defense force plane possibly crashed in northern region

A Ground Self-Defense Force aircraft is feared to have crashed on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido while heading to an airport to pick up an emergency patient from a hospital, Defense Ministry officials said Monday.Ground control lost contact with the LR-2 reconnaissance aircraft, carrying four male crew members, at around 11:45 a.m. as it was flying in poor weather conditions near Uzura dam in the town of Assabu, about 30 kilometers west of Hakodate Airport where the plane was supposed to land, the officials said.The twin-propeller plane took off from Okadama airport in Sapporo…READ FULL ARTICLE