Recovery of damaged Japanese, US P-3s to take until 2015
Kosuke Takahashi, Tokyo - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
07 April 2014
It may take more than one year to remove six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and four US Navy (USN) P-3C aircraft that were damaged in Japan on 15 February when a hangar roof collapsed after heavy snowfalls, according to a senior official at Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI).
The official confirmed to IHS Jane's on 8 April that workers cannot remove the aircraft from the collapsed hangar due to the risk of further collapse. He also said the aircraft were severely damaged. The hangar's pillars had dented the sides of some aircraft fuselages and some wings had become detached.
"Since the aircraft were confined in a relatively small area, they all were damaged at the same time," the official said.
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