Of course, my expectations may be tainted by how many helochoppers went down carrying Marines between Japan and Okinawa when I was in Japan 1984 - 1986.
The article states there were injuries. Two characterized as serious.
It sounds like it may have been chaotic.
We’re there a lot of crashes between Japan and Okinawa? Does the weather quickly turn bad there and get travelers caught up in it?
Good old Futemna, Salute!
Spent a year there on top of the Rock. MAG-36 H&MS. A couple weeks before I got there for duty, they had a couple CH-46s go down.
Fortunately, when we had to heli up North to qualify later that tour, they flew us landhuggers on CH-53s.
These are aircraft that had been used heavily in country for years leading up to the group’s move to Okinawa when rotated out. God only knows how many firestorms they survived.