U.S., Japanese forces to resume Osprey flights in Japan following fatal crash

The fliying crap comes back..

What a disgrace..

It won't stop the fact that those planes that somehow just crash periodically.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-troubled-safety-record-of-the-osprey-aircraft-fleet-grounded-by-the-u-s-military

I pray for no more accident.

Love watching these when they fly over close to my place. Look amazing

Love the low rumbling sound they make when rotored.

Fearful comments here are really unwarranted due to media lack of context. As an aerospace insider, can tell you Osprey accident rate is only midrange compared to other military aircraft and on par with other aircraft such as F/A-18 and AV-8B, particularly in USMC operation.

Oh look, Denny talking nonsense again.

Without knowing the real cause of the crash, they are to resume Osprey flights? 

If Osprey pilots may need upgrading their flight skills, people living under their flight routes must

always feel scared of another fatal accident.

Without knowing the real cause of the crash, they are to resume Osprey flights?

The mishap investigators and the military know the part that failed. They do not yet fully understand how the part failed.

If Osprey pilots may need upgrading their flight skills, people living under their flight routes must

always feel scared of another fatal accident.

There will be some sort of performance restriction(s) placed on the aircraft until the part that failed is replaced with an improved part. In the mean time the aircrew will be trained to fly the missions within the new performance restrictions. I flew the Osprey's predecessor and we had an airspeed restriction for years because there was a weakness identified in the quill shaft from the mix box to the aft main rotor gearbox. Once the new quill shaft was installed the airspeed restriction was lifted. In the mean time the airspeed restriction ended problems with the quill shaft and we flew safely, albeit more slowly.

Fearful comments here are really unwarranted due to media lack of context. As an aerospace insider, can tell you Osprey accident rate is only midrange compared to other military aircraft and on par with other aircraft such as F/A-18 and AV-8B, particularly in USMC operation.

The Osprey has one of the lowest mishap rates of any aircraft, especially those that fly off ships, in the Navy/Marine Corps inventory.

If Osprey pilots may need upgrading their flight skills, people living under their flight routes must

always feel scared of another fatal accident.

It's not an issue with the pilots it is a design flaw, I personally think the plane should be permanently grounded because of the safety reasons at least a few years until they make sure they have a fix to never have the same issue again.

voiceofokinawaToday  01:18 pm JST

Without knowing the real cause of the crash, they are to resume Osprey flights? 

If Osprey pilots may need upgrading their flight skills, people living under their flight routes must

always feel scared of another fatal accident.

That's why Henoko is a better location than Futenma. But some people keep trying to block the move.

It's not an issue with the pilots it is a design flaw, 

It is a material failure nobody has seen before.

I personally think the plane should be permanently grounded because of the safety reasons at least a few years until they make sure they have a fix to never have the same issue again.

Not possible. The Marines literally cannot do their mission without them and there is no substitute made anywhere. Likewise they are all the Navy has for the Carrier Onboard Delivery mission as the old C-2 Greyhounds were retired after decades of service. They will be flown with some sort of performance restriction(s) just as my old helicopter the CH-46 was flown for years with a flight restriction until a new quill shaft was produced.

OssanAmerica (Mar. 14 07:06 pm JST):

That's why Henoko is a better location than Futenma. But some people keep trying to block the move. 

You think Henoko is the best choice for Futenma's relocation site, because the target area is less populated than the current site in densely populated Ginowan City. But will not Henoko-based Ospreys be flying over other parts of Okinawa to transport troops and arsenal should a contingency occur?