A helicopter crashed into a forest in central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday, leaving its pilot dead, police said.Police received a call reporting the sound of an aircraft crash at around 3:35 p.m. in a forested area of the city of Shimada.The wreckage was located and the pilot, Kotaro Demura, 46, was taken to a hospital but pronounced dead later, the police said.The accident did not spark a fire and there were no other injuries, authorities added.High winds were recorded around the time of the crash and a local weather observatory had issued a gale advisory.According to the Japan…READ FULL ARTICLE
