3 of 6 people aboard an ambulance helicopter have died after it crashed in southwestern Japan

3 of 6 people aboard an ambulance helicopter have died after it crashed in southwestern Japan

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

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