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Firefighters in Kumamoto, Japan say they have spotted the likely remains of three persons missing since their helicopter went down in an active volcano last month. They include two Taiwanese tourists and their Japanese pilot.
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00:01Firefighters in Kumamoto, Japan, say they have spotted the three people missing after their
00:05helicopter went down inside an active volcano last month, but they warn the chances of survival are
00:11very low. The three include two Taiwanese tourists and a Japanese pilot. Contact was lost on January
00:1820th and the wreckage of the helicopter was later seen in the main crater of Mount Aso,
00:24Japan's second largest active volcano. Rescue attempts are complicated by the toxic fumes
00:29and high temperatures. Authorities have called the situation unprecedented and say efforts to
00:34retrieve the three may take a long time, possibly months.
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