Marine MV-22 Ospreys in the Pacific are flying again after they were briefly grounded for safety checks in the wake of a mishap that destroyed an Osprey off the coast of Okinawa Dec. 13.
The emergency shallow-water landing, which left the five Marines on board injured, was the result of the aircraft’s rotor blades hitting a fuel line during nighttime aerial refueling, III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson has said.
Officials with III MEF announced that flights were resuming on Okinawa in a Dec. 18 news release. Nicholson notified the Okinawa Prefectural Government and Okinawa Defense Bureau before continuing flight operations, the release said…”
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