CHICHIBU, Japan, July 25 (UPI) -- A helicopter on a rescue mission crashed on a mountain in Japan's Saitama Prefecture Sunday with seven people on board, police said.
Police in Chichibu said one person was found alive while the city's fire department said it had information that two had survived, Kyodo News reported.
Police told the Japanese news agency the helicopter was on a mission to rescue a member of a climbing party on the mountain when it went down about 11:10 a.m.
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