On the morning of the 18th, a small Japan Coast Guard aircraft departing from Kitakyushu Airport for a training flight made an emergency landing in a field in Usa City, Oita Prefecture, resulting in minor injuries to an instructor and trainee onboard. Just before the incident, there were radio communications stating that the engine output was not increasing. The Japan Coast Guard is investigating the situation in detail. According to the 7th District Coast Guard Headquarters, the small aircraft made an emergency landing in a field in Usa City, Oita Prefecture, just after 10 AM. The propeller plane, which belonged to the Kitakyushu Maritime Aviation Training Center, took off from Kitakyushu Airport at around 9:15 AM for a training flight. The two onboard, a male instructor in his 40s and a male trainee in his 20s, were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Source: NHK
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