一架美軍直升機在沖繩島墜毀

U.S. and Japanese officials say a U.S. Air Force helicopter has crashed on Japan's southern island chain of Okinawa.

Authorities say the crash took place Monday afternoon at a training ground near the U.S. Marine's Camp Hansen in central Okinawa.

Video footage showed black smoke rising from a fire in a forested area.

There is no information about casualties on the aircraft or on the ground.美國和日本官員說，美國空軍的一架直升機在日本南部沖繩島墜毀。

有關當局說， 墜機事件星期一下午發生在位於沖繩中部的美國海軍陸戰隊漢森營地的訓練場附近。

錄像顯示失事的森林地區有一處起火，冒着黑煙。

目前還沒有關於機組人員以及地面人員的傷亡的消息。