Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that a gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part. [CutID: <Cuts> OSPREY-CRASH-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: OSPREY-CRASH-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: different part failed] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The […]
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Weak spots in metal may have led to fatal Osprey crash off Japan
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that a gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part.
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Title: OSPREY-CRASH-house-q-WEDam
Out-cue: different part failed]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The crashes have led to an aggressive effort by the V-22 program office and manufacturer Bell Flight to find fixes. This latest finding might hold some clues.
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VERBATIM: The 2023 crash off the coast of Japan killed eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members. It was the second time in less than two years that a catastrophic failure of a part of the Osprey’s proprotor gearbox, which serves as its transmission, caused a fatal accident. In 2022, five Marines were killed when a different part failed.