V-22 Program Stays the Course as Crash Investigated
AIN Defense Perspective » April 20, 2012
An MV-22 Osprey lifts off from the U.S.S. Kearsarge earlier this year. Operations remained on track despite an April 11 crash, program officials said. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)
April 20, 2012, 6:00 PM
Program officials say the procurement objectives and operations of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey remain on track as the U.S. Navy investigates the latest crash of the tiltrotor.
Two U.S. Marines were killed and two were injured April 11 when an MV-22 crashed while participating in Exercise Africa Lion 2012 with the Moroccan Armed Forces. The aircraft, operating from the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima, “had just dropped off Marines at a training event and was conducting a routine flight” when it crashed in the vicinity of Cap Draa, Morocco, the service said. There have been six V-22 crashes with 36 total fatalities since 1991.
Two U.S. Marines were killed and two were injured April 11 when an MV-22 crashed while participating in Exercise Africa Lion 2012 with the Moroccan Armed Forces. The aircraft, operating from the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima, “had just dropped off Marines at a training event and was conducting a routine flight” when it crashed in the vicinity of Cap Draa, Morocco, the service said. There have been six V-22 crashes with 36 total fatalities since 1991.
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