Five U.S. Marines remained missing as a search continued in the waters off Japan after a midair collision Thursday between two military aircraft, U.S. and Japanese officials said.
A joint Japanese-U.S. search-and-rescue operation has located two Marines, one of whom was declared dead, officials said. The second Marine was in fair condition and receiving medical care, they said.
Both Marines had ejected from an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet that collided with a KC-130 Hercules tanker aircraft with five crew members aboard. The collision occurred about 2 a.m. local time Thursday in Japan during what military officials described as a routine training exercise.
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