TOKYO, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Two helicopters of Japan's Self-Defense Forces crashed Monday morning following a collision in midair, but all four crew members have been rescued.

    The two AH-1S attack helicopters, which belong to a training school of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), crashed around 10:25 a.m.(0125 GMT) into mountains in the town of Isobe, southwest Mie Prefecture when flying for a training.

    Rescuers have found and saved all four trainers and trainees aboard, Kyodo News quoted local police as saying.

    An officer of the GSDF denied earlier report that one helicopter disintegrated in the air, saying the pilots made emergency landing after the clash, Kyodo said. Enditem