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V-22 Osprey: US Confidence Shatters Again; Another US Tiltrotor Goes Down With 8 Onboard

One of the most controversial aircraft of the United States, the V-22 Osprey, crashed into the water off the coast of western Japan on November 29 with eight people on board. 

The tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey fell off the island of Yakushima, and the Coast Guard reported that it had dispatched patrol boats and planes to the scene.

Just about three survivors of the crash were located in the nearby waters by fishing boats at the time of writing this report.

An airplane and patrol boat from the 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters have been sent to the crash site, according to the spokesperson, who stated that the Coast Guard received information about the incident at approximately 12:47 a.m. ET on April 27.

Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that the aircraft disappeared from radar at 2.40 p.m. local time. A prefectural official in Kagoshima told CNN that the US military called the Yakushima Airport Management Office in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday afternoon, seeking an emergency landing at Kagoshima Airport. 

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