(Update) ASDF Training Plane Crashes into Central Japan Lake

   Nagoya, May 14 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force training plane crashed into Lake Iruka in central Japan on Wednesday afternoon.
   Whether the two crew members survived the crash was not immediately known.
   The T-4 aircraft disappeared off the radar while flying near the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, where the lake is located, soon after leaving the ASDF's Komaki base in the neighboring Aichi city of Komaki shortly after 3 p.m.
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the top Japanese government spokesman, said that the plane crashed soon after taking off.
   The Aichi prefectural police received emergency calls from around 3:10 p.m. reporting that a jet had crashed into the lake, which is located some 10 kilometers north-northeast of the Komaki base.

(2025/05/14-18:06)