On 29 November, a US military "Osprey" transport plane stationed in Japan crashed into the sea, resulting in the death of one US soldier and the whereabouts of the remaining seven people unknown. Japan's Ministry of Defense said it would ask the US military to ground the "Osprey" in Japan, but the United States seemed to turn a deaf ear and said that it would continue to fly.
This kind of osprey *** crash has caused at least 50 deaths, accidents are frequent, here is a collation of previous crashes, interested netizens can add in the message area.
On June 11, 1991, the Osprey 5 prototype crashed during its first flight due to an incorrect wiring in two of the three rolling gyroscopes on board. Fortunately, there was no **staff**.
On July 20, 1992, Prototype 4 crashed into the Potomac River while landing at the Quantico Naval Terminal in Virginia, killing three Marines and four civilians. The cause of the accident was that the reducer lubricating oil that had accumulated in the engine nacelle was sucked into the engine. After the fire, the high temperature of the combustion makes the transmission transverse shaft unable to transmit power to the two rotors normally, causing a sudden drop in lift and causing a crash.
On 8 April 2000, two MV-22 Ospreys crashed during landing while participating in a pre-service flight assessment, killing 19 personnel**. The reason for this accident was that the MV-22 descended too fast and flew too slowly, and the upwash flow generated on the inside of the propeller exceeded the downwash flow generated by the rotation of the propeller, causing the aircraft to enter a vortex ring state, so that the propeller lost its lift, and finally rolled and fell to the ground.
In April 2000, an Osprey on a training mission crashed in Arizona, killing 19 Marines.
On the night of 11 December 2000, a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 with four crew members on board crashed, killing all four crew members, including one of the most experienced U.S. Navy lieutenants piloting the MV-22.
On April 8, 2010, a U.S. Air Force V-22 Osprey deflector-rotor plane crashed about 11 kilometers west of the city of Qlat, the capital of Zabul province in southern Afghanistan, killing four people and injuring many others.
On April 12, 2012, an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor belonging to the VMM-261 Squadron of the U.S. Marine Corps crashed during a military Xi with the Moroccan military called the African Lion. As a result of the accident, two marines were killed and two drivers were seriously injured.
June 14, 2012 -- A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey fighter jet crashed during routine flight training at the Eglin Air Force Base training ground in Florida, injuring all five crew members.
On May 17, 2015, a U.S. Osprey** failed during a hard landing near Belos Air Force Base in Hawaii, resulting in the hospitalization of 22 Marines on board.
On the evening of December 13, 2016, a U.S. military"Osprey"The transport plane crashed into the sea off the coast of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, injuring two people.
In March 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that a U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey military transport plane crashed during a mission in Yemen, killing one person and injuring three.
On August 5, 2017, an Osprey collided with a vessel while landing off the northern coast of Australia, killing three Marines.
On March 18, 2022, a U.S. Osprey tiltrotor aircraft participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military exercise Xi crashed in northern Norway, killing all four crew members.
On the evening of March 30, 2022, a U.S. Navy V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Virginia, injuring two people and missing one.
On June 9, 2022, the U.S. Marine Corps said that an Osprey tiltrotor crashed during training in the desert region of southern California on the 8th, killing all five Marines on board.
On August 5, 2023, citing military sources, it was reported that a V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor of the U.S. Marine Corps crashed off the coast of Australia, and 23 of the 26 people on board have been rescued.
On November 29, 2023, a U.S. Osprey military aircraft crashed near the island of Japan, killing one crew member and five people missing.