Okinawan Villagers to File Complaint Over Marine Corps Aircraft Mishap

A Bell UH-1Y Venom helicopter was lifting tires during external cargo lift training Wednesday when a tire detached and fell to the ground near a landing zone in a designated U.S. military training area within Okinawa’s Central Training Area, a Marine Corps statement said.

Ginoza village officials, who claim the landing zone is near a residential area, say they will file a complaint in hopes that the training will be moved.

“We have repeatedly asked the military to avoid using landing zones that are close to residential areas,” a village spokesman said. “The closest home to the landing zone is only about 330 yard away.”

Source: by Matthew M. Burke and Chiyomi Sumida (Stars and Stripes) Military.com

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