V-22s Cleared For Takeoff Despite Unknown Root Cause Of Crash

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

The U.S. Marine Corps is poised to be the first service to return V-22s to flight.

Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
Following an extended grounding and a patchwork of mitigations and maintenance after another fatal crash with no known root cause, the Pentagon has cleared the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet to return to full operations. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) announced March 8 it was issuing a...

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