Significant accumulation of accidents: One type of US military aircraft was not allowed to take off

Significant increase in accidents
One type of US military aircraft is not allowed to take off

December 7, 2023, 12:18 pm

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In November, a US Army V-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan, killing eight. It is noteworthy that in the past accidents of this type of aircraft have occurred frequently. America is making decisions now.

The US military has temporarily withdrawn hundreds of V-22 Osprey aircraft from service following the crash of a US military aircraft last week. As announced by the US Air Force (Air Force Special Operations Command, AFSOC) and the US Navy (US Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR), the entire fleet of the type must remain on the ground while investigations into the cause of the crash are underway. .

Preliminary results indicate a possible material defect, AFSOC wrote. NAVAIR later announced that it was accepting this decision as a precautionary measure. According to the Washington Post, the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps operate more than 400 V-22 aircraft. There have been frequent accidents involving such aircraft in the past. Most recently, on November 29, 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 bodies had been found.

Boeing and Bell, which jointly manufacture the plane, “stand ready to provide support if requested by the U.S. military,” the companies told The Washington Post. In August, three US Marines died when they crashed another Osprey model during a training exercise in Australia. According to the New York Times, more than 60 deaths have been linked to Osprey crashes since the US military began using the aircraft in the early 1990s.

According to the manufacturer, the machine uses rotors to land vertically like a helicopter and then fly like an airplane at high speeds and high altitudes. Japan also uses Osprey models. In response to the latest crash, the country temporarily grounded all flights of its own 14 Ospreys.