US Marine Corps Osprey crashes off Japan, injuring five
‘A US military aircraft with five service members on-board has crashed off Japan’s Okinawa island, days after a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot died in another crash in the Japanese territorial waters.
The MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was flying over Okinawa’s east coast late Tuesday, when it crashed in shallow waters near the shore, according to the US Marine Corps.
All of the crew survived the crash, the Japanese military said, noting that three of the airmen had life-threatening injuries and were being treated at a US Navy hospital at Kadena Air Base.
The Marines suspended flights of all Osprey military aircraft in Japan after the crash.’
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