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The military announced it is grounding all of its Osprey V-22 helicopters, one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in a crash off the coast of Japan.

A preliminary investigation found that an equipment failure likely caused a fatal crash in Japan last week

The military announced it is grounding all of its Osprey V-22 helicopters, one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in a crash off the coast of Japan.

The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps took the extraordinary step of grounding hundreds of aircraft after a preliminary investigation of last week's crash.

The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps took the extraordinary step of grounding hundreds of aircraft after a preliminary investigation of last week's crash indicated that a materiel failure and not a mistake by the crew led to the deaths.

The crash raised new questions about the safety of the Osprey, which has been involved in multiple fatal accidents over its relatively short time in service. Japan grounded its fleet of 14 Ospreys after the crash.

Eight American service members were aboard the tilt-rotor aircraft when it crashed during a routine training mission last week off Japan coast. | World News

The announcement comes one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in an Osprey crash off the coast of Japan.

The announcement comes a week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command members died in a crash off the coast of Japan.

The United States said on Wednesday it was grounding its military fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft after a fatal crash last week off the coast of Japan that killed eight people onboard.