NTV, TBS, and Fuji TV led with reports that the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily plunged by more than 1,200 points this morning after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its steepest single-day drop overnight in New York. TV Asahi led with a report that the body of the missing pilot of the GSDF attack helicopter that crashed on Monday in Saga was found near the crash site. NHK gave top play to a report on heavy snowfall in Ishikawa and Fukui.