WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has ordered new safety guidelines for a key part in all Osprey aircraft after a recent accident revealed the same problem that caused a fatal crash in Japan last year. During a Nov. 20 flight involving a CV-22B Osprey in New Mexico, the crew received warnings that the metal gears inside the aircraft’s transmission, known as the proprotor gearbox, were in trouble. They lost an engine, but due to lessons learned from…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has ordered new safety guidelines for a key part in all Osprey aircraft after a recent accident revealed the same problem that caused a fatal crash in Japan last year. During a Nov. 20 flight involving a CV-22B Osprey in New Mexico, the crew received warnings that the metal gears […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has ordered new safety guidelines for a key part in all Osprey aircraft after a recent accident revealed the same problem that caused a fatal crash in Japan last year.  During a Nov. 20 flight involving a CV-22B Osprey in New Mexico, the crew received warnings that the metal gears inside the aircraft’s transmission, known as the proprotor gearbox, were in trouble.  They lost an engine, but due to lessons learned fr…

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The military has ordered new safety guidelines for a key part in all Osprey aircraft after a recent accident revealed the same problem that caused a fatal crash in Japan last year.  During a Nov. 20 flight involving a CV-22B Osprey in New Mexico, the crew received warnings that the…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has ordered new safety guidelines for a key part in all Osprey aircraft after a recent accident revealed the same problem that caused a fatal crash in Japan last year.

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U.S. Military Orders New Safety Guidelines for Key Osprey Part After Near-Crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has ordered new safety guidelines for a key part in all Osprey aircraft after a recent accident revealed the same problem that caused a fatal crash in Japan last year.  During a Nov. 20 flight involving a CV-22B Osprey in New Mexico, the crew received warnings that the metal gears inside the aircraft's transmission, known as the proprotor gearbox, were in trouble.  They lost an engine, but due to lessons learned fr…

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Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force will gradually resume operations of its 17 U.S.-made V-22 Ospreys, the Defense Ministry says, after they were suspended earlier this month due to security concerns.

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The Navy office that oversees the military's use of the V-22 Osprey is allowing the services to resume flying the aircraft while ordering yet another key component -- one that has led to at least one deadly crash -- to undergo further scrutiny.

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Ospreys Cleared to Fly Again, But Problematic Gearbox Gets More Scrutiny

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy has ended an operational pause on its troubled fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, allowing flights to resume with inspections of the aircraft. In a statement, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said they ordered an inspection of the flight hours on each aircraft’s gearbox before they fly again. If an aircraft’s gearbox has more than a set number of hours, it can resume flying. But aircraft with gearboxes t…

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