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Ouch, stuck for a month...planning  to rescue with a barge

 

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Any Ospreys going to be at Nellis for static display during the open house?

1 hour ago, RegularJoe said:

Any Ospreys going to be at Nellis for static display during the open house?

Any islands nearby?

32 minutes ago, Swizzle said:

Any islands nearby?

Not sure but it's a little far south to be seal clubbing isn't it? 😆

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‘Unpreventable’: Deadly 2022 Osprey caused by malfunction, not crew

"The service has also unequivocally absolved the aircraft’s crew and maintainers of any errors."

“The investigation revealed no error on the part of the pilots and aircrew, and confirmed no maintenance errors led to the mishap."

“The degraded drivetrain caused by the dual [hard clutch engagement] event and subsequent single engine/[interconnect drive system] failure created an unrecoverable departure from controlled flight, resulting in the tragic crash that occurred on June 8, 2022,” according to today’s statements.

3 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

‘Unpreventable’: Deadly 2022 Osprey caused by malfunction, not crew

"The service has also unequivocally absolved the aircraft’s crew and maintainers of any errors."

“The investigation revealed no error on the part of the pilots and aircrew, and confirmed no maintenance errors led to the mishap."

“The degraded drivetrain caused by the dual [hard clutch engagement] event and subsequent single engine/[interconnect drive system] failure created an unrecoverable departure from controlled flight, resulting in the tragic crash that occurred on June 8, 2022,” according to today’s statements.

Bummer.  

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13 hours ago, uhhello said:

Having flown it, I hate to see the airplane and the crews get a bad name when it turns out the plane was built with parts that did not meet MILSPEC.  Appear criminal in some aspects.

It is criminal and I hope the SWIFT11 and GUNDAM22 families are successful in their lawsuits.


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