Summary
A U.S. military Osprey aircraft crash-landed off Japan's southern island of Okinawa after its propeller was damaged during refueling training, and all five crewmembers were rescued, the U.S. Marine Corps said Wednesday.
Marine Corps officials said another Osprey had a landing gear problem elsewhere on Okinawa during training Tuesday, although there were no injuries in that incident.
The Osprey crash just off Nago City triggered protests on Okinawa, where anti-U.S. military sentiment is strong.
The Osprey was based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
More than half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan are stationed on Okinawa -- which has less than 1 percent Japan's land mass -- under a mutual security treaty.
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