Forced landing of U.S. military aircraft results in unanimous decision by Uruma City Council

Forced landing of U.S. military aircraft results in unanimous decision by Uruma City Council

Uruma City Council coming to a unanimous agreement regarding U.S. military helicopters making a forced landing at Ikei Island on January 11 around 10:30 a.m. at the Uruma City Council


 

At 10:00 a.m. on January 11,

 

Uruma City Council President Seizen Ohya held an emergency meeting.

In this meeting, the city council unanimously came to a decision and created a memorandum regarding the forced landing of an U.S. military aircraft that took place at Ikei Island of Yonashiro Town.

People called for the suspension of flights by all aircraft types stationed at the U.S. military Futenma Air Station, suspension of all flights in which the aircraft flies over residential areas, and the downsizing of the in-Okinawa U.S. Marine Corps.

 

 

Uruma City Council Military Base Affairs Committee Chairman Tsutomu Kyan criticized the series of U.S. military aircraft accidents.

He read a document that said, “This exposes the lack of awareness by the U.S. military authorities regarding safety management, making us feel extreme indignation.”

 

 

The Uruma City Council visited the Okinawan Defense Bureau (ODB) with Ikei Residents’ Association Chairman Masanori Tamaki at 3:00 p.m. to make a decision on the protest and delivered the memorandum.

 

 

 

(English translation by T&CT and Chelsea Ashimine)

 

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