Rudder Damage Prompts Japan To Ground KHI P-1

Credit: P-1: Hunini
BEIJING—Japan has grounded its Kawasaki Heavy Industries P-1 maritime patrollers following rudder damage to one of them, local media say. The damaged P-1 landed on Feb. 7 with four pieces missing from its aluminum rudder, the largest 10 cm by 27 cm (4 in. by 11 in.), the Asahi newspaper reports...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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