(MENAFN)As it was flying to the aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagon, US Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in waters southeast of Japan's Okinawa island on Wednesday.
"USS Ronald Reagan is conducting search and rescue operations. The cause of the crash is not yet known." the US Seventh Fleet said in a press release.
The US Navy told Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera that the crash in the Philippine Sea may be caused by an engine trouble.
The propeller powered transport plane, a C-2 Greyhound, carries mail, personnel and other cargo from mainland bases to carriers functioning at sea.
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