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(129,749 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2024, 09:16 AM Mar 8

Military lifts Osprey's grounding months after latest fatal crashes

Source: CBS News

March 8, 2024 / 8:08 AM EST

Washington — The Osprey, a workhorse aircraft vital to U.S. military missions, has been approved to return to flight after an "unprecedented" part failure led to the deaths of eight service members in a crash in Japan in November, Naval Air Systems Command announced Friday.

The crash was the second fatal accident in months and the fourth in two years. It quickly led to a rare fleet-wide grounding of hundreds of Ospreys across the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy. The Naval Air Systems said in a statement that the decision "follows a meticulous and data-driven approach prioritizing the safety of our aircrews."

Before clearing the Osprey, which can fly like an airplane and then convert to a helicopter, officials said they put increased attention on its proprotor gearbox, instituted new limitations on how it can be flown and added maintenance inspections and requirements that gave them confidence it could safely return to flight.

The entire fleet was grounded Dec. 6, just a week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members were killed when their CV-22B Osprey crashed off Yakushima island.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-lifts-ospreys-grounding-months-after-latest-fatal-crashes/

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Military lifts Osprey's grounding months after latest fatal crashes (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 8 OP

Let's hope it can actually stay in the air and not kill anyone else. cstanleytech Mar 8 #1

That aircraft is unbelievably hard to fly, and the Marines know it jmowreader Mar 8 #2

Meanwhile, at Boeing.. BidenRocks Mar 8 #3

cstanleytech

(26,340 posts)

1. Let's hope it can actually stay in the air and not kill anyone else.

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Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:22 AM

Mar 8

jmowreader

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2. That aircraft is unbelievably hard to fly, and the Marines know it

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Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:48 PM

Mar 8

Before a new Marine aviator is even allowed to walk into the part of the flightline where the Ospreys are, that officer is required to qualify in two different aircraft - an airplane and a helicopter. And even then these things fall out of the sky at a high rate.

BidenRocks

(827 posts)

3. Meanwhile, at Boeing..

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Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:51 PM

Mar 8

Wheels falling off, runway runoffs, engine failures and the door plug loss and a jammed rudder.
One Boeing equals 6 + Ospreys in souls on board.
Priorities please. The military is not running a bus service where everything is gentle.

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