A pilot and two passengers were on board the aircraft when it disappeared in cloudy weather, police say.

Rescuers have spotted wreckage believed to be from a sightseeing helicopter carrying three people that went missing near ...

Sightseeing helicopter with three on board crashes near Japan’s Mount Aso - Helicopter wreckage reportedly spotted inside ...

HEARTBREAKING images have emerged of the twisted wreckage of a sightseeing helicopter that vanished while flying over an ...

Mount Aso is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, located in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu.

THE mangled wreck of a missing tourist helicopter has reportedly been found by an active volcano in southern Japan. Two ...

A tourist helicopter that went missing near an active volcano in Mount Aso's Nakadake crater, in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, ...

Firefighters also received an emergency notification, possibly from one of the passengers’ smartphones ...

A worrying incident involving a tourist helicopter occurred today (January 20th) at Mount Aso, a popular tourist destination ...