There have been repeated accidents involving a widely used type of aircraft in the US Army: Now the fleet has to remain on the ground for the time being. Investigations are ongoing. It’s about over 400 machines.
Following the crash of a US military aircraft last week, the US Army has temporarily withdrawn hundreds of V-22 Osprey aircraft from service. The entire fleet of this type should remain on the ground while investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing, as the US Air Force (Air Force Special Operations Command, AFSOC) and the US Navy (US Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR) announced. Preliminary results indicated a possible material defect, wrote AFSOC (Wednesday, local time). As a precautionary measure, NAVAIR announced on Thursday that it was agreeing with the decision. According to the Washington Post, the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps use more than 400 V-22 aircraft.
There have been repeated accidents with this type of aircraft in the past. Most recently, on November 29th, a US military Osprey with eight people on board crashed off the coast of Japan. The US military said on Tuesday that three bodies had been recovered and three more had been located.
Boeing and Bell, which jointly manufacture the aircraft, are “ready to provide support if the US military requests it,” the companies told The Washington Post.
Three dead in crash in August
Just in August, three US Marines died during an exercise in Australia when they crashed another Osprey model. According to the New York Times, more than 60 deaths have been linked to Osprey accidents since the US military began using the aircraft in the early 1990s.
According to the manufacturer, the machine takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter using rotors and can then fly like an airplane at high speed and at high altitude. Japan also uses Osprey models. In response to the latest accident, the country temporarily suspended all flights of its own 14 Ospreys.
Source: Stern
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