On Wednesday, the US Coast Guard reported that an Osprey military aircraft carrying eight crew members crashed off the coast of Japan.
The US military’s Osprey crashed off Yakushima Island, according to information we got at 2:47 PM (0547 GMT) today, a spokesman told AFP.
She went on, “We were also informed that there were eight crew members on board.” “At this time, there are no additional details available.”
Yakushima Island is located south of Kyushu, the main island of Japan located in the southernmost region.
According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, the Osprey left the US base at Iwakuni in the Yamaguchi region and traveled to the Kadena facility in Okinawa.
The US Yokota air base in Tokyo is home to a CV-22 Osprey, according to sources quoted by NHK and the defense ministry.
Over the years, there have been several tragic tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft crashes, contributing to their checkered history.
Three US servicemen out of the twenty-three on board perished in a collision in northern Australia in August.
During a military drill for troops stationed nearby, the Boeing MV-22B Osprey crashed on Melville Island, north of Darwin.
Nine other US Marines, one of whom was in critical condition, required medical attention from a hospital.
During NATO training operations in Norway last year, an MV-22B Osprey aircraft went down, killing four US Marines.
In 2017, an Osprey that was attempting to land at sea off the north coast of Australia clipped the back of a transport ship, killing three Marines in the crash.
Furthermore, during drills in Arizona in 2000, an Osprey that was carrying 19 Marines crashed.
During a training exercise last month, a chopper crashed into the Mediterranean, killing five US service members.
Although the origin of the aircraft was not disclosed by the officials, the US has sent a carrier strike group to the Mediterranean in an attempt to stop the Israel-Hamas battle from turning into a regional conflict.
The F-35 stealth fighter, which went down in South Carolina in September and allowed its pilot to escape, is one of several major US military aircraft mishaps that have occurred in recent years.
The collision of two helicopters returning from a training operation in a remote area of Alaska in April resulted in the deaths of three US soldiers and the injuries of another.
Nine soldiers perished in a nighttime training mission in Kentucky last month when two US Army helicopters collided.
