Two crew are missing after the T-4 training aircraft operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed after taking off from Komaki Air Base, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, officials said.

Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday. While the search operation for the missing aircraft and the two crew members continued Thursday,

An urgent search is underway for two crew members reported missing after a Japanese air force training aircraft crashed following takeoff.