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Since the V-22 became operational in 2007, 12 crashes and several other accidents and incidents have killed a total of 32 people. [2] [3] [4] Most of the crashes have involved the most numerous of the aircraft's three variants: the MV-22B, procured and flown by the U.S. Marine Corps.
On 11 April 2012, a squadron MV-22 crashed near Agadir, Morocco, during a joint training exercise after taking off from USS Iwo Jima. Two Marines were killed and two others were seriously injured, and the aircraft was lost. A Marine Corps investigation later deemed the crash was due to pilot error, not a mechanical or safety problem.
On 11 April 2012, an MV-22 from VMM-261 crashed near Agadir, Morocco, during a joint training exercise after taking off from USS Iwo Jima. Two US Marine crew chiefs were killed and the two pilots were seriously injured. [9] [10] [11] A LCAC boat assigned to USS Iwo Jima.
The MV-22 was designed to replace aging military helicopters like the CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion as costly maintenance strained the Navy's budget and to blend their critical capabilities.
Last week’s crash comes just months after three US Marines were killed while flying in a MV-22B Osprey during a military exercise in Australia. But statistically, the V-22’s mishap rate is ...
The US military is grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys, a week after an Air Force CV-22 crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, resulting in the deaths of all eight airmen aboard ...
On 11 April 2012, a 24th MEU MV-22B Osprey crashed near Agadir, Morocco while training during African Lion. Cpls. Robby Reyes and Derek Kerns, both from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced) were killed and two others seriously injured. [12]
The U.S. military grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft for months after the fatal crash, which happened during a routine training mission on Nov. 29 off Yakushima Island, about 1,040 km (650 ...