4月6日一家日本自卫队的黑鹰直升机也在监视中国航母出行时坠落。10名机上人员全无生还。最高官阶是中将师团长。CBS报道:A missing Japanese army Black Hawk helicopter carrying 10 crew members is believed to have crashed into the sea off a southern island after objects appearing to be aircraft parts were spotted in the area, an official said Thursday. The crash comes just days after nine U.S. soldiers were killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky.The UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter disappeared from radar on Thursday afternoon while on a reconnaissance mission north of Miyako island, the head of the Ground Self Defense Force, Yasunori Morishita, said at a news conference.Debris believed to be aircraft parts was spotted in the area, about 1,120 miles southwest of Tokyo, he said.Exercice d'entrainement des militaires japonais Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces soldiers come out from a UH-60 helicopter during an annual live fire exercise at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba, at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka prefecture, in an August 26, 2018 file photo.YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/GAMMA-RAPHO/GETTYThe government is aggressively building up its defense capability in southwestern Japan in response to China's increasingly assertive military activity in the region, including Taiwan.Kyodo News said Japanese coast guard ships also found traces of oil that may be related to the missing helicopter, but officials declined to confirm the report.Morishita said the helicopter was stationed at a key regional army base in Kumamoto prefecture on the southern main island of Kyushu, and one of its 10 crew members is the division commander, Yuichi Sakamoto.Morishita said the helicopter disappeared from radar earlier than previously thought.NHK public television earlier said the helicopter disappeared from radar about an hour after it departed from Miyako island and about half an hour before its scheduled return.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the Defense Ministry is investigating.The crash came as the country works to significantly bolster its defenses in response to China's increasingly assertive military activity in the regional seas, where tension is also rising around Taiwan.American-made Black Hawks are flown by a number of militaries around the world. Last month, the U.S. Army said nine soldiers were killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawks near Fort Campbe
《每日邮报》4 月 7 日报道，当地时间 4 月 6 日，一架小型飞机在美国佛州海岸附近坠毁，机上 4 人全部遇难。美国警方随后证实，遇难者之一为美国军工巨头雷神公司的副董事杰夫 · 兰普金，他的妻子也在此次事故中身亡。
兰普金夫妇 （图源：脸书）
据报道，当地时间周三晚，一架单引擎的轻型飞机 " 派珀 "PA-32 在佛州威尼斯机场起飞后不久在墨西哥湾坠毁。机上共有 4 人，为两对夫妇，分别是 64 岁的雷神副董事兰普金和妻子帕蒂，60 岁的里克 · 比弗和妻子贝特。事发时，这架飞机由比弗驾驶。
据悉，兰普金夫妇住在印第安纳州，前往佛州是为了与朋友共进晚餐。周三下午，两对夫妇离开佛州圣彼得堡，飞往威尼斯市。他们将飞机停在威尼斯机场，和朋友在码头的一家餐厅共进晚餐，晚上 9 点返回威尼斯机场。飞机起飞不久后坠毁。
雷神公司（图源：美联社）
公开资料显示，雷神公司是美国大型国防合约商，总部设在马萨诸塞州的沃尔瑟姆。