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© Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Japan suspends its own Osprey flights after U.S. aircraft crash
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP TOKYO©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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AgeOfAsparagas
Osprey are designed to be fast invasion craft. Defensive Japan doesn't need them.
OssanAmerica
Wrong. Osprey are transport craft. Japan needs them because they have many remote islands to defend.
sakurasuki
Why Japan bought that plane? To make partner nation happy? In fact Japan the only nation beside producer country that really buy that plane.
https://news.usni.org/2020/07/14/japan-self-defense-force-accepts-delivery-of-first-v-22-osprey
deanzaZZR
You don't say? Caveat emptor. Don't forget to raise taxes next year Kish to buy some more military bling.
theFu
Osprey provide a unique capability, but it does seem they have a poor safety record. They can travel much faster and farther than helicopters, be launched from short fields and land in small areas. They are ideal for marine deployments.
Osprey carry up to 32 people, so when they have a crash, which tends to happen during transition or landing operations, more people are harmed. This increases the perceived failure rates. As with all aircraft, every accident will be carefully reviewed and fixes or processes will be modified to address deficiencies.
Are Black Hawks considered unsafe even with 3x the deaths of the Osprey program?
TokyoLiving
Get rid of that flying crap...
Elvis is here
Seems like a very wise thing to do.
tora
For the time being? とりあえず?
OssanAmerica
No. More like 一時的.
tora
Temporarily?? If they are faulty/have issues, then should be taken out of service immediately. What is this "temporarily" stuff?
BertieWooster
Wise move. Now how about a refund?
kwatt
Japan's Ospreys seem no problem, can fly soon. That US Osprey was an engine failure. Eyewitnesses say one of engines was burning and blew up. Air SDF does good maintenance of them.
Hervé L'Eisa
Every type aircraft has incidents. But certain J-media like to hype incidents involving US military aircraft. That's propaganda.
Yes, different aircraft types have different types and rates of incidents, but the Osprey is within the expected range.
I worked in the aircraft industry for nearly 20 years and can attest that the safety standards are vastly improved over the last few decades.
Enough with the fear-mongering nonsense.
elephant200
Japan is a vassal state, she has to pay for the fees of foreign occupying forces and the si called Defense Equipments" to protect the interests of that hosting country. A very heavy burden for the Japanese people, thanks to the ruling party, they are puppets!
Legrande
Last year, Air Force Special Operations Command ordered a temporary stand-down of its Osprey fleet following back-to-back safety incidents where the Osprey clutch slipped, causing an uneven distribution of power to its rotors.
The Marine Corps and Navy have reported similar clutch slips, and each service has worked to address the issue in their aircraft, however clutch failure was also cited in a 2022 fatal U.S. Marine Corps Osprey crash that killed five.
According to the investigation of that crash, “dual hard clutch engagement” led to engine failure.
Separately, a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a northern Australian island in August, killing three Marines and critically injuring at least five others who were taking part in a multinational training exercise.
Okay so anyone want to still insist how safe these are LOL The Air Force itself ordered a temporary stand down.
Hideomi Kuze
Yesterday, Japan's defense minister remarked "不時着水(crash landing onto the water)" despite clearly crash.
Today, after US used the word "crashed", Japan's defense minister corrected from "crash landing" to "墜落(crashed)".
Present Japan's LDP government cannot even use own word, it is like puppet regime.
Fighto!
Japan's Osprey fleet is well maintained and very safe. No issues - they'll be back in the air helping defend Japan very shortly.
The US Osprey tragically going down seems like a maintenance issue, not the aircraft.
stormcrow
The Osprey could be extremely useful during national disasters. Once they've got the Osprey perfected, it could prove to be invaluable, especially in certain situations.