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In early March 2024 the US and Japan resumed flights of the V-22 with revised maintenance and pilot training focuses but no changes to the aircraft. [85] [86] The V-22 was returned to flight without equipment modifications, but investigators identified the part that failed and its failure mode. However, the accident remains under investigation.
The V-22 Osprey has had 16 hull-loss accidents with a total of 62 fatalities as of 29 November 2023. During testing from 1991 to 2000, there were four crashes causing 30 fatalities. [31] As of 2023, the V-22 has had 13 crashes which caused 32 fatalities since becoming operational in 2007. [294]
Following this incident, the U.S. military grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys, and Japan also temporarily grounded its Osprey fleet as a precaution. [44] [45] Another incident occurred earlier, in August 2023, when an MV-22 Osprey assigned to the United States Marine Corps crashed during a training exercise in Australia, killing three ...
The V-22 Osprey is a troop transport with a helicopter's versatility and a turboprop's speed. But the V-22 has crashed several times since becoming operational in 2007, killing over 50 people.
[311] [312] [313] In the aftermath of the crash, the Japanese government asked the U.S. to ground its V-22 Osprey fleet in Japan, except in the case of emergency flights. [313] Air Force investigators identified a cracked pinion gear in the proprotor gearbox and the pilot's decision to continue the flight as causes for the crash. [314]
The crash of an Air Force Osprey aircraft eight months ago in Japan that killed all eight airmen on board was caused by a “catastrophic failure” of one of the aircraft’s proprotor gearboxes ...
A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land ...
A deadly helicopter crash off the coast of Japan has sparked safety concerns surrounding the US military’s V-22 Osprey aircraft.. Multiple people are believed to be dead after an American Osprey ...