Parts Fall from Osprey: Withdrawal Desired before Major Accident Occurs

[unhappycamper]

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The $100+ million dollar MV-22 Osprey

Parts Fall from Osprey: Withdrawal Desired before Major Accident Occurs
Ryukyu Shimpo, Japan
By Editorial
Translated By Maisha Kuniyuki
22 June 2014
Edited by Eva Langman

During general training, a metal part fell from a U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft stationed at the Marine Corps Air Base at Futenma.

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Last October, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General announced that it had found a few errors in the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey’s maintenance operations and records between October 2008 and September 2011. It also indicated that "senior DoD and Marine Corps officials could have deployed MV-22 squadrons that were not prepared for missions."

Surprisingly, aircraft status information was recorded improperly 167 out of 200 times, while 112 out of 907 aircraft work orders were inadequately prepared.

In addition to the Osprey, there have been 21 confirmed incidents of objects falling from U.S. aircrafts around Okinawa since 2003. The lives and livelihoods of locals are undeniably being exposed to danger. We cannot afford to let this issue go unchecked..

[Scuba]

1. Yet i'm supposed to feel safer. Sorry, it ain't working.