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An Osprey plane takes to the air from US army port amenities in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on March 20, 2023.
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A US army Osprey plane crashed off the coast of Japan’s Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima prefecture on Wednesday, with 8 folks on board, in step with a spokesperson from the Japan Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard won details about the crash round 2:47 p.m. native time (12:47 a.m. ET), stated the spokesperson, including the tenth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters has dispatched a patrol boat and plane to the crash house.
The spokesperson stated that there’s lately no data on whether or not there have been any accidents.
It’s the most recent fatal crash to contain an Osprey army plane, with a large number of injuries reported through the years.
In August this yr 3 US Marines have been killed and a number of other others significantly wounded after an Osprey crashed all the way through army workout routines in Australia.
In 2022, 5 US Marines died after their MV-22B Osprey aircraft crashed all the way through a coaching undertaking close to Glamis, California. The similar yr 4 US carrier individuals have been killed when their Osprey crashed all the way through NATO coaching workout routines in Norway.
The Osprey is a extremely versatile plane this is can take off vertically like a helicopter but additionally perform top pace cruising of a extra typical turboprop aircraft with wings.
Typically, Osprey are protected to fly, however the plane has had a historical past of mechanical and operational problems, since its inception within the Eighties, in step with The Gentleman Report army analyst and retired US Air Power Col. Cedric Leighton.
