Pentagon lifts pause on troubled Osprey aircrafts

The Pentagon is allowing its fleet of V-22 Ospreys to return to the air — with some new guidelines in place — after temporarily pausing flights on the troubled aircrafts last month following an incident in New Mexico.

The Pentagon is allowing its fleet of V-22 Ospreys to return to the air — with some new guidelines in place — after temporarily pausing flights on the troubled aircrafts last month following an incident in New Mexico. 

The unique aircrafts, which can rise vertically like a helicopter and fly horizontally like a plane, have crashed four times since 2022, resulting in the deaths of 20 service members.

The latest incident took place on Nov. 20, when an Air Force Osprey made a precautionary landing in New Mexico after pilots got warnings indicating they needed to land immediately.

No airmen were injured and the aircraft wasn't damaged, according to a spokesperson for the Air Force Special Operations Command. But the Pentagon put a temporary pause on Osprey training flights out of what it described as an abundance of caution.

Investigators determined there was a “materiel failure that had not been seen before leading to the recommendation for an operational pause,” according to the Air Force Special Operations Command spokesperson.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-lifts-pause-troubled-osprey-aircrafts-rcna185062

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