{"id":1152,"date":"2018-12-08T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T10:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2018-12-08T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T10:34:13","slug":"1152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/asia\/1152\/","title":{"rendered":"Searchs Continue for Five Missing US Marines off the Coast of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s Ministry of Defense has expanded its search to find five missing US Marines after two aircraft with seven crew collided mid-air and crashed into the sea Thursday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ariana News Agency-<\/strong><\/em> While a Ministry of Defense spokesperson could not disclose details of the search area, they told CNN that it was widened to account for ocean currents.<br \/>\nInitial rescue efforts had been complicated by storms and sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph. Japan&#8217;s Ministry of Defense said it was still raining in the area where the planes are believed to have crashed Friday morning, but conditions were good enough to continue search operations.<br \/>\nOne Marine was rescued and was &#8220;in fair condition&#8221; Thursday, while the body of a second has been &#8220;declared deceased,&#8221; the US Marine Corps said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1154 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"440\" \/><br \/>\nThe two planes &#8212; a KC-130 and F\/A-18 &#8212; collided at 1:42 a.m. local time about 200 miles (320 kilometers) off the coast of Japan during an aerial refueling that was part of routine training, according to the statement. 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