The V-22 Osprey also grounded by the USA after the latest fatal accident
The US military has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, a week after the fatal crash of an Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) CV-22 off Japan that killed eight crew members. Tokyo had already decided to ground the plane pending further clarification on the reasons for the accidents.
In a statement released late Wednesday, the commander of AFSOC, Air Force Special Operation Command, said he had placed an "operational hold" on the CV-22s "to reduce risk" while the investigation continued. about the Nov. 29 incident. AFSOC said “preliminary” information “indicates that a potential material failure caused the accident, but the underlying cause of the failure is currently unknown.”
“The standdown will provide time and space for a thorough investigation to determine causal factors and recommendations to ensure the Air Force's CV-22 fleet returns to flight operations,” the AFSOC statement read.
The Naval Air Systems Command said in a separate statement minutes later that “out of an abundance of caution,” it, too, was grounding all variants of the V-22, including the one used by the Marine Corps.
“While the incident remains under investigation, we are implementing additional controls to reduce risks and ensure the safety of our service members,” NAVAIR said.
The NAVAIR statement noted that the V-22 Joint Program Office is in contact with other interested parties, including allies who fly the Osprey. A day after the deadly crash, Japan announced it was grounding its V-22 fleet and asked the U.S. military to no longer fly V-22s in Japanese territory. (AFSOC's 21st Special Operations Squadron suspended flights of the aircraft after the crash, but a spokesperson told Breaking Defense on Tuesday that this was done to give service members time to grieve and not has been associated with safety issues).
The Nov. 29 crash is the second fatal crash for the Osprey this year. In August, a Marine Corps MV-22B crashed in Australia, killing three Marines and injuring others. Last year, two Marine Corps Ospreys crashed separately in March and June, killing four and five crew members, respectively.
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