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.
A catastrophic failure of the prop rotor gearbox was determined to be the primary cause of an Osprey crash in Japan last December that killed seven airmen.
“How did NAVAIR conclude that flight hours is the appropriate measure to prevent crashes, and why won’t NAVAIR disclose the cut-off number of flight hours utilized to ground some Ospreys, but not others?” the statement said.
Persons:
Neil Lobeda, Jacob Galliher, won’t, Tim Loranger, “, Loranger
Organizations:
Ospreys, Air Force, Air Force Special Operations Command, Pentagon, Naval Air Systems Command, NBC News
Locations:
New Mexico, Japan, California