US grounds entire Osprey fleet after fatal crash in Japan
The US has grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey helicopters after a report said a crash off the coast of Japan last week, which killed eight crewmembers, was due to a malfunction.
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The US has grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey helicopters after a report said a crash off the coast of Japan last week, which killed eight crewmembers, was due to a malfunction.
The military announced late Wednesday it was grounding all of its Osprey V-22 helicopters, one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in a crash off
Following the deadly crash of a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor of the coast of Japan on Nov. 29, the U.S. military has grounde
A preliminary investigation of the crash found that something went wrong with the aircraft.
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.